ปิ้ว
bpîuMeanings
1InterjectionB1
whoosh!; swoosh!
Onomatopoeic exclamation for a swift whooshing sound, as of something moving quickly or vanishing.
Examples
ลูกธนูlûuk-tá-nuuลูกธนูlûuk-tá-nuu1arrow (shot from a bow)2CL: ดอก, เล่มพุ่งpûngพุ่งpûng1[to] dart; rush; lunge; shoot forward2[to] soar; spike (increase rapidly)3[to] thrust; propel; launch4[to] aim; point (toward/at)ปิ้วbpîuปิ้วbpîu1whoosh!; swoosh!2to vanish quickly; to zoom offผ่านpàanผ่านpàan1[to] pass (by/through)2[to] pass (succeed/clear)3[to] experience; go through4past; via; throughหูhǔuหูhǔu1ear2hearing; ability to hear3handle; lug; loop (ear-like part)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already pastทำเอาtam-aoทำเอาtam-aoto cause; to leave [sb/sth] ...ตกใจdtòk-jaiตกใจdtòk-jaibe startled; be frightenedหมดmòtหมดmòt1all gone; none left2[to] run out; be used up3completely; entirely4in total; altogether
The arrow shot past my ear with a whoosh, giving me a fright.
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รถมอเตอร์ไซค์rót-mɔɔ-dtəə-sáiขับkàpผ่านpàanหน้าnâaไปbpaiปิ้วbpîuเดียวdiiaoหายไปhǎai-bpaiสุดsùtถนนtà-nǒn
A motorcycle zoomed past with a swift whoosh and vanished at the end of the road.
ลูกโป่งlûuk-bpòongหลุดมือlùt-mʉʉแล้วlɛ́ɛoลอยlɔɔiขึ้นkʉ̂nฟ้าfáaปิ้วbpîuเดียวdiiaoก็gɔ̂เล็กlékจนjonมองไม่เห็นmɔɔng-mâi-hěn
The balloon slipped from my hand and floated up; in a quick whoosh it became too small to see.
เหยี่ยวyìiaoโฉบchòopลงมาlong-maaแบบbɛ̀ɛpปิ้วbpîuเดียวdiiaoคว้าkwáaเหยื่อyʉ̀ʉaขึ้นkʉ̂nฟ้าfáaอย่างรวดเร็วyàang-rûuat-reo
A hawk swooped down with a single whooshing motion and swiftly snatched its prey into the sky.
2VerbB2
to vanish quickly; to zoom off
To depart or disappear swiftly, often used playfully or colloquially.
Examples
พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; whenบอกให้bòk hâiบอกให้bòk hâi[to] tell [sb] to [do sth]ช่วยchûuaiช่วยchûuai1[to] help; assist [sb/sth]2please (request marker)3[to] save; rescue [sb]ล้างจานláang jaanล้างจานláang jaan[to] wash dishes; do the dishesเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3conditional marker (if… then…)4well; after all (emphasis/justification)5topic/resumption markerหายปิ้วhăai bpîoหายปิ้วhăai bpîo[to] vanish in a flash; disappear completely (informal)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already pastจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart; part from3nipa palmห้องครัวhông kruuaห้องครัวhông kruuakitchenทันทีtan teeทันทีtan teeimmediately; at once
As soon as we asked him to help wash the dishes, he vanished from the kitchen in a flash.
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ฝนfǒnเริ่มrə̂əmตกdtòkคนขายของkon-kǎai-kɔ̌ɔngริมทางrim-taangเก็บของgèp-kɔ̌ɔngเสร็จsètแล้วก็lɛ́ɛo-gɔ̂ปิ้วหายbpîu-hǎaiไปbpai
When it started raining, the street vendor packed up and whooshed away.
พอpɔɔหัวหน้าhǔua-nâaเดินมาdəən-maaตรวจงานdtrùuat-ngaanยังyangไม่mâiเสร็จsètทุกคนtúk-konก็gɔ̂ปิ้วbpîuแยกย้ายกันyɛ̂ɛk-yáai-ganทันทีtan-tii
When the boss came over and the work wasn’t done, everyone swiftly disappeared in different directions.
เธอtəəโพสต์póotขอโทษkɔ̌ɔ-tôotไว้wáiแป๊บเดียวbpɛ́p-diiaoแล้วก็lɛ́ɛo-gɔ̂ลบlópโพสต์póotปิ้วbpîuไปbpaiเหมือนmʉ̌ʉanไม่เคยmâi-kəəiเกิดเรื่องgə̀ət-rʉ̂ʉang
She posted an apology for a moment and then it disappeared in a flash, as if nothing had happened.
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
bpîu
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 | — | — |