Food and drinkto stew; stewed verb
- dtǔn rising
- Rising: start low, dip, then rise to the top, like a doubtful “Really?”
ต้มตุ๋นdtôm-dtǔn, 'to boil and stew', means to swindle.
You'll hear it in Kularb (กุหลาบ).
How to use it
ตุ๋นdtǔn, with a rising tone, is cooking slowly in liquid, the Chinese-Thai way: stewed beef for noodles, ก๋วยเตี๋ยวเนื้อตุ๋นgǔay-dtǐaw núea dtǔn, or chicken stewed with Chinese herbs, ไก่ตุ๋นgài dtǔn. Plain boiling is ต้มdtôm, and the two together, ต้มตุ๋นdtôm-dtǔn, "boil and stew", is slang for swindling someone.
Other spellings you'll see
There's no single official way to write Thai in English letters. We mark the tone of every syllable; online you'll also find:
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