ปีใหม่
bpii-màiMeanings
1NounA2
New Year (holiday/season)
the New Year period, especially New Year's Day and the holiday season at the start of a year (of a given calendar, e.g., Gregorian, Thai)
Examples
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This New Year holiday, I will go back home to the province.
Where did you go travelling during the New Year holiday?
ช่วงchûuangปีใหม่bpii-màiเป็นbpenโอกาสดีoo-gàat-diiที่tîiเราraoจะได้jà-dâaiไปเยี่ยมbpai-yîiamญาติผู้ใหญ่yâat-pûu-yàiและlɛ́ขอพรkɔ̌ɔ-pɔɔnจากjàakท่านtân
The New Year period is a good opportunity for us to visit elder relatives and ask for their blessings.
2NounA2
the new year (time period)
the incoming or newly begun year as a time period (e.g., ในปีใหม่นี้ ‘in the new year’)
Examples
ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)ปีใหม่bpii-màiปีใหม่bpii-mài1New Year (holiday/season)2the new year (time period)ฉันchǎnฉันchǎn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)อยากyàakอยากyàak1[to] want; desire2to crave; to long forสุขภาพดีsùk-kà-pâap-diiสุขภาพดีsùk-kà-pâap-diihealthy; in good health
In the new year, I want to have good health.
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I have set many goals for this new year.
This new year, we will move to a new house.
บริษัทbò-rí-sàtมีmeeแผนที่păen-têeจะjàเปิดbpèrtตัวสินค้าdtuua sĭn-káaใหม่ๆmài màiในช่วงnai chûuangต้นdtônปีใหม่bpee mài
The company has a plan to launch new products at the beginning of the new year.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableA long vowel with no final consonant, so it is live.
Mid class consonants
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Result
Mid tone
bpii
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Mid class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
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 | — | — |
Word Breakdown
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ใหม่màiใหม่mài1new; not old2new; different; fresh3again; anew4new; inexperienced (novice)5hibiscus (Northern Thai)new; not oldPart 2
ปีใหม่bpii-màiปีใหม่bpii-màiNew Year (holiday/season)New Year (holiday/season)Word