เสียง
sound
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- 1 sound、voice、volume
- 2 tone [phonetics]
- 3 opinion、public voice、vote
- 4 vote [counter]
This word broadly refers to anything heard, including sounds and voices. It also extends to linguistic tones, people’s views, and votes in an election or decision.
sound、voice、volume
Refers broadly to something that can be heard, including a person’s voice, noises, natural sounds, and audio from a device.
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ได้ยินเสียงอะไรไหม dây yin sǐaŋ aray mǎy Do you hear anything? ได้ยินเสียงอะไรไหม details
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ฉันจำเสียงเขาได้ chǎn cam sǐaŋ khǎw dâay I remember his voice. ฉันจำเสียงเขาได้ details
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ช่วยลดเสียงหน่อย chûay lót sǐaŋ nɔ̀ɔy Please turn the volume down a little. ช่วยลดเสียงหน่อย details
tone [phonetics]
Refers to the pitch pattern of a syllable that distinguishes word meanings in tonal languages such as Thai.
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ภาษาไทยมีห้าเสียง phaasǎa thay mii hâa sǐaŋ Thai has five tones. ภาษาไทยมีห้าเสียง details
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คำนี้ออกเสียงผิด kham níi ɔ̀ɔk sǐaŋ phìt This word is pronounced incorrectly. คำนี้ออกเสียงผิด details
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เสียงสามัญ sǐaŋ sǎaman mid tone เสียงสามัญ details
opinion、public voice、vote
Refers to a person’s expressed view or choice, and by extension to a vote counted in an election or formal decision.
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รัฐต้องฟังเสียงประชาชน rát tɔ̂ŋ faŋ sǐaŋ prachaachon The government must listen to the people. รัฐต้องฟังเสียงประชาชน details
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เขาได้เสียงข้างมาก khǎw dâay sǐaŋ khâaŋ mâak He received a majority of the votes. เขาได้เสียงข้างมาก details
vote [counter]
Functions as a counter for votes in an election or formal decision.
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เขาได้หนึ่งร้อยเสียง khǎw dâay nʉ̀ŋ rɔ́ɔy sǐaŋ He received one hundred votes. เขาได้หนึ่งร้อยเสียง details
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ชนะเพียงหนึ่งเสียงก็คือชนะ chaná phiaŋ nʉ̀ŋ sǐaŋ kɔ̂ɔ khʉʉ chaná Winning by just one vote is still a win. ชนะเพียงหนึ่งเสียงก็คือชนะ details
Learning notes
Explanation
The core image of เสียง is something that reaches the ear. Thai normally uses this one word for both “sound” and “voice.” The source can be added after it, as in เสียงฝน, “the sound of rain,” and เสียงเด็ก, “a child’s voice.” Sound qualities are commonly expressed in combinations such as เสียงดัง, “a loud sound or voice,” เสียงเบา, “a quiet sound or voice,” and เสียงหวาน, “a sweet, gentle voice.” With devices, ลดเสียง means “turn the volume down,” while ปิดเสียง means “mute the sound.” The word also extends from vocal pitch to a linguistic “tone,” and from the idea of a person’s voice to an “opinion” or “vote.” It is a neutral, widely used word found in everyday conversation, language study, and news reporting.
Usage
It is common when asking about a noise, describing someone’s voice, or adjusting the volume of a phone or television. It is also essential in discussions of Thai pronunciation and tones. In political and news contexts, it is used for votes, majority decisions, and the views of the public.
Caution
เสียงดัง can mean simply “loud,” but in context it may imply “noisy.” Use เสียงรบกวน when you specifically mean unwanted or disturbing noise. Depending on context, ออกเสียง can mean “pronounce,” “vote,” or “express an opinion,” so its meaning must be inferred from the surrounding words. Also, เสียง in the sense of an opinion is usually figurative, like “the voice of the people”; ความคิดเห็น is more direct when referring to the actual content of an opinion.
Differences from similar words
1 sound synonyms
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สำเนียง means an accent or a characteristic way of speaking. เสียง is broader and refers to the sound or voice itself.
2 tone [phonetics] synonyms
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วรรณยุกต์ can refer to a tone mark or to the tonal system. เสียง focuses on the tone that is actually realized in speech.
3 opinion synonyms
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ความคิดเห็น directly means an opinion or view with specific content. เสียง often presents people’s views figuratively or collectively as a public voice or expression of support.