ปิ่น(bpìn)
Meanings
1NounB1
hairpin; decorative hair ornament
a pin or ornament used to fasten or adorn the hair, often decorative or traditional
Examples
ย่าyâaย่าyâapaternal grandmotherชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)ใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] tell [sb] to do [sth]; assign; order2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] use; employ4[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)ปิ่นbpìnปิ่นbpìn1(literary) chief; foremost person2hairpin; decorative hair ornamentเสียบsìiapเสียบsìiap1[to] stick in; skewer; pierce2[to] plug in; insert (into a slot/socket)ผมpŏmผมpŏm1hair (on the head)2I; me (male speaker, polite)ให้hâiให้hâi1until; to the point that (result)2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3[to] give; provide4[to] allow; let; permit5so that; in order to6for (benefit of)เกล้าglâoเกล้าglâo1[to] put up one's hair; arrange hair in a bun2head (humble/royal-register)ติดแน่นdtìt nâenติดแน่นdtìt nâenstuck tight; firmly attached
Grandma likes to use a hairpin to secure her bun tightly.
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She chose a floral hairpin to wear in her hair on the wedding day.
ผมpŏmยืมyeumปิ่นbpìnจากjàakเพื่อนpêuuanเพื่อpêuuaรวบrûuapผมpŏmให้เรียบร้อยhâi rîiap-róiก่อนgònขึ้นkêunเวทีway-tee
I borrowed a hairpin from a friend to tidy my hair before going on stage.
ปิ่นbpìnเงินngernแกะgàeลายlaaiโบราณboh-raanไม่เพียงmâi piiangยึดyéutทรงผมsong pŏmแต่ยังdtàe yangสะท้อนsà-tónรสนิยมrót-ní-yomแบบดั้งเดิมbàep dâng-dermของkŏngผู้pôoสวมsŭuam
The silver hairpin engraved with antique patterns not only secures the hairstyle but also reflects the wearer’s traditional taste.
2NounC1
(literary) chief; foremost person
A chief or person regarded as supreme or foremost, especially in literary compounds referring to a ruler.
Examples
ในnaiในnai1of; belonging to (formal)2in; inside; within3during; in (time)บทกลอนbòt glonบทกลอนbòt glon1poem; verse (poetic composition)2stanza; verse (poem section)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)กวีgà-weeกวีgà-weepoetเรียกrîakเรียกrîak1[to] ask for; charge; demand2[to] call out; summon; hail3[to] call [sb/sth] (by name); nameพระมหากษัตริย์prá-má-hăa-gà-sàtพระมหากษัตริย์prá-má-hăa-gà-sàt1classifier: พระองค์ (for a monarch)2king; monarch (formal)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell2[to] think; consider; deem3[to] scold; reproach; criticize4that (clause marker)ปิ่นbpìnปิ่นbpìn1(literary) chief; foremost person2hairpin; decorative hair ornamentแผ่นดินpàen dinแผ่นดินpàen din1country; realm2land; ground; earth
In this poem, the poet refers to the king as the supreme ruler of the land.
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แม้máeพระองค์prá ongจะjàทรงเป็นsong bpenปิ่นbpìnแผ่นดินpàen dinแต่dtàeก็gâwทรงsongรับฟังráp fangความทุกข์kwaam túkของkŏngราษฎรrâat-sà-donด้วยdûuayพระเมตตาprá mêt-dtaa
Although he was the supreme ruler of the land, he listened compassionately to his subjects' hardships.
กวีgà-weeถวายพระเกียรติtà-wăai prá-gìiatพระมหากษัตริย์prá-má-hăa-gà-sàtในฐานะnai tăa-náปิ่นbpìnสยามsà-yăamผู้pôoทรงsongธำรงtam-rongเอกราชèek-gà-râatท่ามกลางtâam glaangภัยคุกคามpai kúk-kaamจากjàakภายนอกpaai nôk
The poet honors the king as the supreme ruler of Siam, who preserved its independence amid external threats.
บทละครbòt lá-konมิได้mí dâiเสนอsà-nĕrภาพpâapปิ่นbpìnแผ่นดินpàen dinผู้pôoเปี่ยมด้วยbpìiam dûuaiพระราชอำนาจprá-râat-chá-am-nâatเพียงpiiangด้านเดียวdâan diiaoหากhàakยังyangเผยให้เห็นpŏei hâi hĕnภาระpaa-ráแห่งhàengการตัดสินพระทัยgaan dtàt-sĭn prá-taiที่têeผูกพันpòok panกับgàpชะตาchá-dtaaของkŏngไพร่ฟ้าprâi fáaทั้งปวงtáng bpuuang
The play does not portray the sovereign solely as a figure of royal power; it also reveals the burden of making decisions bound up with the fate of all his subjects.