ปลา
bplaa
Meanings
1NounA1
fish (animal)
an aquatic animal with gills and fins that lives in fresh or salt water
Examples
ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)บ่อbòrบ่อbòr1pit; hole; excavation2well (water)3pond; pool4classifier: wells/ponds/pitsมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoปลาว่ายbplaa wâaiปลาว่ายbplaa wâaia fish swims (descriptive phrase)ไปมาbpai maaไปมาbpai maa1[to] go back and forth; frequent2back and forth; to and fro3(in 'ไป ... มา') indicates a completed round trip
There are fish swimming in the pond.
2NounA1
fish (as food)
the flesh of fish eaten as food
Examples
คืนนี้keun néeคืนนี้keun née1tonight (the night of today)2tonightฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)กินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to be] corrosive; erode5[to] take (a bribe); pocketปลาbplaaปลาbplaa1fish (animal)2fish (as food)3classifier: fishกับข้าวgàp-kâaoกับข้าวgàp-kâao1side dishes; viands2food (colloquial, esp. home meals)
Tonight I eat fish with rice.
3ClassifierB1
classifier: fish
classifier used for individual fish
Examples
วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)จับได้jàp dâiจับได้jàp dâi1[to] catch; capture [sb/sth] (successfully)2[to] catch (sb) in the act; discover wrongdoing; find out (a secret)3[to] draw/pick (by lot)ปลาใหญ่bplaa yàiปลาใหญ่bplaa yài1big fish (large fish)2a powerful person; big shot; major playerหนึ่งnèungหนึ่งnèung1one (number)2a; one (single)3certain; particular4first; top; foremost5one (with classifier)ปลาbplaaปลาbplaa1fish (animal)2fish (as food)3classifier: fish
Today I caught one big fish.