ปิ้ง
bpîngMeanings
1VerbA2
[to] grill; toast
to cook directly over a fire, charcoal, or hot surface; to toast bread or similar items
Examples
ผมpǒmผมpǒm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)ปิ้งbpîngปิ้งbpîng1[to] grill; toast2ping! (spark/idea sound)ขนมปังkà-nǒm-bpangขนมปังkà-nǒm-bpangbreadตอนเช้าdtɔɔn-cháoตอนเช้าdtɔɔn-cháo1morning (time period)2in the morningแล้วlɛ́ɛoแล้วlɛ́ɛo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)ทาเนยtaa-nəəiทาเนยtaa-nəəi[to] butter; [to] spread/brush butter on
I toast bread in the morning and spread butter on it.
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เมื่อวานmêuua waanเราraoปิ้งbpîngหมูmŏoกับgàpเพื่อนpêuuanๆ-ที่têeระเบียงrá-biiangหอhŏกลิ่นหอมglìn hŏmไปbpaiทั้งtángชั้นchán
Yesterday we grilled pork with friends on the dorm balcony; the aroma spread through the whole floor.
เย็นนี้yen-níiแม่mɛ̂ɛจะjàปิ้งbpîngปลาbplaaบนbonเตาถ่านdtao-tàanกินกับgin-gàpน้ำจิ้มซีฟู้ดnáam-jîm-sii-fúut
This evening Mom will grill fish over charcoal and eat it with seafood dipping sauce.
ถ้าtâaจะjàปิ้งbpîngไส้กรอกsâi gròkให้hâiพองpongสวยsŭuaiต้องdtôngคอยkoiกลับด้านglàp dâanบนbonกระทะgrà-táร้อนrónๆ-อย่าyàaให้ไหม้hâi mâi
If you want to grill sausages so they puff up nicely, you need to keep turning them on a hot pan so they don’t burn.
2Interjection
ping! (spark/idea sound)
onomatopoeic interjection for a small spark, pop, or sudden flash of inspiration
Examples
ปิ้งbpîngปิ้งbpîng1[to] grill; toast2ping! (spark/idea sound)คิดออกkít-ɔ̀ɔkคิดออกkít-ɔ̀ɔk1[to] figure out; solve; get it2[to] come up with (an idea/plan)3[to] think of [sth] (after trying to remember)แล้วlɛ́ɛoแล้วlɛ́ɛo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell2that (clause marker)3[to] think; consider; deem4[to] scold; reproach; criticizeจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3will; would (in conditional results)วาดwâatวาดwâat1[to] draw2[to] envision; imagineอะไรà-raiอะไรà-rai1what2what; what kind of (modifier)3something; anything (unspecified)4what? (interjection of surprise/confusion)
Ping! I've got it—I know what to draw now.
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ในnaiการ์ตูนgaa-dtuunพอpɔɔเด็กdèkคนkonนั้นnánคิดออกkít-ɔ̀ɔkก็gɔ̂มีmiiแสงวาบsɛ̌ɛng-wâapพร้อมprɔ́ɔmเสียงsǐiangปิ้งbpîng
In the cartoon, when the child gets an idea, there's a flash of light with a ping!
หลังจากlǎng-jàakลองlɔɔngแก้ปัญหาgɛ̂ɛ-bpan-hǎaอยู่yùuหลายlǎaiชั่วโมงchûua-moongพอได้pɔɔ-dâaiฟังfangมุมมองmum-mɔɔngของkɔ̌ɔngเพื่อนpʉ̂ʉanก็gɔ̂ปิ้งbpîngเห็นhěnทางออกtaang-ɔ̀ɔkที่tîiตัวเองdtuua-eengมองข้ามmɔɔng-kâamมาตลอดmaa-dtà-lɔ̀ɔt
After spending hours trying to solve the problem, I heard my friend's perspective and—ping!—saw the solution I'd been overlooking all along.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid class
- Tone markMai tho
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Falling tone
bpîng
Starts high, rises a little, then drops clearly.
Mid class + Mai tho → Falling
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 | — | — |