ชี(chee)

Meanings

1NounA1

urine; pee (colloquial)

Urine; a casual or childish word for pee. Commonly appears in compounds for the verb sense (e.g., to pee).

Examples

หนูnŏoหนูnŏo1mouse; rat2you (addressing a child/younger person)3I; me (polite, childlike/feminine in Thai)ปวดbpùuatปวดbpùuat[to] ache; [to] be in painชีcheeชีchee1maechi; Buddhist nun (Thailand)2Catholic/Christian nun (colloquial)3urine; pee (colloquial)ต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightเข้าห้องน้ำkâo hông námเข้าห้องน้ำkâo hông nám1[to] go to the bathroom; use the toilet2[to] go to the bathroom (to wash up)เดี๋ยวนี้dǐiao néeเดี๋ยวนี้dǐiao née1right now; at this moment2immediately (imperative)
I need to pee; I have to go to the bathroom now.
2NounB1

maechi; Buddhist nun (Thailand)

A Thai Buddhist laywoman who observes eight or more precepts and wears white robes; commonly called maechi.

Examples

ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotวัดwátวัดwát1to gauge; assess2Buddhist temple3to measureแถวบ้านtăeo bâanแถวบ้านtăeo bâanneighborhood; local areaมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoชีcheeชีchee1maechi; Buddhist nun (Thailand)2Catholic/Christian nun (colloquial)3urine; pee (colloquial)หลายlăaiหลายlăai1many; several2many; numerous (as a pronoun)รูปrôopรูปrôop1picture; photo; image2shape; form; figure3physique; body shape4Buddha image; statue5grammatical formปฏิบัติbpà-dtì-bàtปฏิบัติbpà-dtì-bàt1[to] perform; carry out2[to] treat [sb]3(compound use only) operational; in operation4[to] practice; observe (rules)ศีลแปดsĭn bpàetศีลแปดsĭn bpàetthe Eight Precepts (Buddhism)และláeและláeand (coordinating)ใส่sàiใส่sài1[to] put in; [to] add2[to] wear; [to] put on3[to] pour in; [to] fill4[to] include; [to] insert (data, settings)5[to] attack; [to] go at (colloq.)ชุดขาวchút kăaoชุดขาวchút kăao1white outfit2white robes (for temple)3white formal uniform (official)
At the temple near my house, there are several maechi observing the eight precepts and wearing white.
3NounB2

Catholic/Christian nun (colloquial)

A colloquial Thai term for a Christian (often Catholic) nun; informal and not the formal title.

Examples

โรงเรียนคาทอลิกrohng-riian kaa-tor-líkโรงเรียนคาทอลิกrohng-riian kaa-tor-líkCatholic schoolแถวบ้านtăeo bâanแถวบ้านtăeo bâanneighborhood; local areaมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoชีcheeชีchee1maechi; Buddhist nun (Thailand)2Catholic/Christian nun (colloquial)3urine; pee (colloquial)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerสอนsŏnสอนsŏn1[to] instruct; train [sb]2[to] admonish; give moral guidance3[to] teach [sb] [sth]ดนตรีdon-dtreeดนตรีdon-dtree1music (art form)2music (as a subject/field)ให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitเด็กdèkเด็กdèk1child; kid2young person (informal)3classifier: childrenๆ-ทุกtúkทุกtúk1every; each2every (interval/frequency)วันเสาร์wan săoวันเสาร์wan săoSaturday
The Catholic school near my house has nuns teaching music to kids every Saturday.

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