ตะเพียน(dtà-pian)

Meanings

1NounB2

silver/tinfoil barb (freshwater fish)

a common Thai freshwater carp, especially the silver barb and the tinfoil barb; widely eaten and often released for merit-making

Examples

แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseของฉันkŏng chănของฉันkŏng chănmy; mineชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)ทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] cook; prepare food3[to] cause; make4[to] work; be employed5[to] act; behaveปลาตะเพียนbplaa dtà-piianปลาตะเพียนbplaa dtà-piiansilver barb; tinfoil barb (Barbonymus spp.)ทอดtôtทอดtôt1[to] fry (in oil)2[to] stretch out; extend; lay out3[to] cast; throw (a net/line)4[to] bestow; dedicate (merit/charity)5[to] bestow; confer (royal/religious honorific)กระเทียมgrà-tiiamกระเทียมgrà-tiiamgarlic (plant/bulb)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; permitกินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to be] corrosive; erode5[to] take (a bribe); pocketตอนเย็นdton yenตอนเย็นdton yen1evening; early evening2in the evening
My mother likes to cook deep-fried carp with garlic for dinner.
2NounC1

fish-shaped woven ornament

a traditional Thai fish-shaped ornament woven from palm leaves or ribbon (ปลาตะเพียนสานปลาตะเพียนสานbplaa dtà-piian săanwoven palm-leaf fish), often hung as a mobile for decoration or over a baby’s cradle, symbolizing abundance and good fortune

Examples

พี่สาวpêe săaoพี่สาวpêe săaoolder sister; elder female siblingซื้อséuซื้อséu1[to] buy; purchase2[to] bribe; buy offโมบายล์moh-baaiโมบายล์moh-baai1mobile phone2mobile (sculpture)3mobile (computing)ปลาตะเพียนbplaa dtà-piianปลาตะเพียนbplaa dtà-piiansilver barb; tinfoil barb (Barbonymus spp.)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/slotสานsăanสานsăan1[to] weave; interlace2[to] build on; carry forward; connectจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)ใบลานbai laanใบลานbai laan1talipot palm leaf used for writing/craft2palm-leaf manuscriptไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)แขวนkwăenแขวนkwăen1[to] hang [sth]; suspend [sth] from above2[to] suspend; put on hold; shelve3[to] hang (execute)ไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)3so that; in order to4for later; in reserve5[to] leave (something) as is6[to] set aside; reserveเหนือnĕuuaเหนือnĕuua1north; the North2northern3above; over4superior to; aboveเปลbplayเปลbplay1hammock; baby cradle2empty; bare; mere (literary)3[to] strip; undress4classifier: hammocks/cradlesของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsหลานชายlăan chaaiหลานชายlăan chaai1nephew2grandson
My older sister bought a carp mobile woven from palm leaves to hang over her son's cradle.

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