บิ๊ว
bíuMeaning
1VerbB2
[to] hype [sb] up; [to] build up a mood
to hype someone up, to build up a mood or emotion, or to psych someone up (informal slang derived from the English word 'build')
Examples
เลิกlə̂əkเลิกlə̂ək1[to] stop; cease; quit2[to] end; be over (class/work/event)3[to] break up; separate4[to] cancel; abolish; discontinueบิ๊วbíuบิ๊วbíu[to] hype [sb] up; [to] build up a moodได้แล้วdâai-lɛ́ɛoได้แล้วdâai-lɛ́ɛogot it; done; now possibleยังไงyang-ngaiยังไงyang-ngai1how?; in what way?2how so?; what do you mean?ฉันchǎnฉันchǎn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)3like; as (in the manner of)ก็gɔ̂ก็gɔ̂1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3conditional marker (if… then…)4well; after all (emphasis/justification)5topic/resumption markerไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ซื้อsʉ́ʉซื้อsʉ́ʉ1[to] buy; purchase2[to] bribe; buy offกระเป๋าgrà-bpǎoกระเป๋าgrà-bpǎo1bag; handbag; purse2pocket3walletใบbaiใบbai1leaf2sheet; slip; card; ticket; bill; receipt3classifier for leaves, paper items, containers, and certain other objects4license; permit; certificate5bladeนี้níiนี้níi1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)หรอกrɔ̀kหรอกrɔ̀k1emphatic denial (actually not; certainly not)2assurance/softener particle (explanatory tone)
Stop hyping me up; I'm not going to buy this bag anyway.
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นักร้องnák-rɔ́ɔngบิ๊วbíuคนดูkon-duuเก่งมากgèng-mâakจนjonทุกคนtúk-konกระโดดgrà-dòotเต้นdtênตามdtaamกันganหมดmòt
The singer hyped up the audience so well that everyone started jumping and dancing along.
ผู้กำกับpûu-gam-gàpต้องdtɔ̂ngพยายามpá-yaa-yaamบิ๊วอารมณ์bíu-aa-romนักแสดงnák-sà-dɛɛngให้hâiเศร้าsâoที่สุดtîi-sùtก่อนที่gɔ̀ɔn-tîiจะjàเริ่มrə̂əmถ่ายทำtàai-tamฉากchàakร้องไห้rɔ́ɔng-hâi
The director has to try to build up the actor's emotions to be as sad as possible before starting to shoot the crying scene.
ถึงแม้tʉ̌ng-mɛ́ɛเพื่อนpʉ̂ʉanจะjàพยายามpá-yaa-yaamบิ๊วbíuให้hâiฉันchǎnลงแข่งlong-kɛ̀ngประกวดbprà-gùuatร้องเพลงrɔ́ɔng-pleengแค่ไหนkɛ̂ɛ-nǎiแต่dtɛ̀ɛฉันchǎnก็gɔ̂ยังyangรู้สึกrúu-sʉ̀kไม่มั่นใจmâi-mân-jaiอยู่ดีyùu-dii
Even though my friends tried hard to psych me up to enter the singing competition, I still feel insecure anyway.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid class
- Tone markMai tri
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
High tone
bíu
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Mid class + Mai tri → High
Tone chart
Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.
| Mid class | High class | Low class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No mark + live | Mid | Rising | Mid |
| No mark + dead short | Low | Low | High |
| No mark + dead long | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai ek | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai tho | Falling | Falling | High |
| Mai tri | High | — | — |
| Mai chattawa | Rising | — | — |