ต้มยำกุ้ง

Thai

Etymology

From ต้มยำ (dtôm-yam, “tom yam”, a kind of soup) +‎ กุ้ง (gûng, “shrimp; prawn; etc”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ต้มยำกุ้ง t ˆ m y å k u ˆ ŋ
Phonemic		ต้ม-ยัม-กุ้ง t ˆ m – y ạ m – k u ˆ ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	dtôm-yam-gûng
	Royal Institute	tom-yam-kung
(standard) IPA(key)		/tom˥˩.jam˧.kuŋ˥˩/(R)

the soup

Noun

ต้มยำกุ้ง • (dtôm-yam-gûng)

1. tom yam kung, a tom yam soup with shrimps or prawns.

Proper noun

ต้มยำกุ้ง • (dtôm-yam-gûng)

1. (slang) (วิกฤต, วิกฤติ~) 1997 Asian financial crisis, which started in Thailand.

Usage notes

• Named after the mentioned soup, a famous dish of Thailand; later inspired the name วิกฤตแฮมเบอร์เกอร์ (wí-grìt hɛm-bəə-gə̂ə, “Hamburger crisis”), a Thai slang for the subprime mortgage crisis which took place in the United States between 2007 and 2010.