ช้อน โต๊ะ
“ช้อน โต๊ะ” (чон тхо) — tablespoon in Thai. Noun, level A1. The pair of the teaspoon from this lesson: literally "table spoon", and to, "table", is familiar too. One eats with it and measures with it. In a live sentence: “ใส่ น้ำ ส้ม สาย ชู หนึ่ง ช้อน โต๊ะ” — Put in one tablespoon of vinegar. Written with the characters ช, ้, อ, น, โ, ต, ๊, ะ. A word from the everyday Thai course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Thai | ช้อน โต๊ะ |
| Read in Latin letters | чон тхо |
| Translation | tablespoon |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
The pair of the teaspoon from this lesson: literally "table spoon", and to, "table", is familiar too. One eats with it and measures with it
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- ใส่ น้ำ ส้ม สาย ชู หนึ่ง ช้อน โต๊ะсай нам сом сай чуу нынг чон тхоPut in one tablespoon of vinegar
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “tablespoon” in Thai?
«ช้อน โต๊ะ», read “чон тхо”. In a live sentence: “ใส่ น้ำ ส้ม สาย ชู หนึ่ง ช้อน โต๊ะ” — Put in one tablespoon of vinegar. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ช, ้, อ, น, โ, ต, ๊, ะ.
How is “ช้อน โต๊ะ” written in Latin letters?
чон тхо. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
The pair of the teaspoon from this lesson: literally "table spoon", and to, "table", is familiar too. One eats with it and measures with it. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.