ราด
pour over
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- 1 pour over、cover with (a liquid or flowing substance)
- 2 wet oneself、soil oneself
ราด means to pour something over a surface or food. With words for urine or feces, it can also describe accidentally wetting or soiling oneself.
pour over、cover with (a liquid or flowing substance)
To pour liquid or a flowing substance over something so that it spreads across the surface.
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แม่ค้าราดกะทิบนข้าวเหนียวมะม่วง mɛ̂ɛkháa râat kathí bon khâaw nǐaw mámûaŋ The woman selling the mango sticky rice pours coconut milk over it. แม่ค้าราดกะทิบนข้าวเหนียวมะม่วง details
wet oneself、soil oneself
With words for urine or feces, it describes losing control and wetting or soiling oneself.
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เด็กฉี่ราดกางเกง dèk chìi râat kaaŋkeeŋ The child wet their pants. เด็กฉี่ราดกางเกง details
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เขากลัวจนขี้ราด khǎw klua con khîi râat He was so scared he shit himself. เขากลัวจนขี้ราด details
Learning notes
Explanation
The core image is pouring something onto a surface and letting it spread. This applies to sauces on food, water poured over a floor, and materials used to pave roads. A useful pattern is ราด + substance + บน or ลงบน + target. For example, ราดซอสบนไก่ means “pour sauce over the chicken.” Food names can put the food being topped first, as in ข้าวราดแกง, rice topped with curry or other dishes. Learn the bodily-function sense in combinations such as ฉี่ราด, “wet oneself.” เด็กฉี่ราดกางเกง means “The child wet their pants.”
Usage
You will often hear it when sauce is poured over food, dishes are served over rice, or water is poured over a floor for cleaning. The other sense occurs when discussing toileting accidents or incontinence.
Caution
ราด does not inherently imply heat, a large quantity, or complete coverage. ฉี่ราด is conversational. เยี่ยวราด and ขี้ราด can sound crude; formal contexts call for expressions using ปัสสาวะ for urination or อุจจาระ for defecation.
Differences from similar words
1 pour over synonyms
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รด commonly describes watering or wetting something, especially plants. ราด is used for pouring substances over a surface, including sauces and paving materials.
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เท describes pouring something out of a container, including into another container. ราด focuses on pouring it over a surface or over food.
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โรย means to sprinkle or scatter things such as salt, powder, or chopped herbs. ราด describes pouring something that flows, such as sauce.