ป่าย
bpàai
Meanings
1NounB2
[to] fling; swing; wave [sth] about
to fling or swing something, especially the arms (as in ป่ายแขน), around in a loose or wild way; to wave about.
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเดินป่ายdeern-pâaiแขนkăaenแขนkăaen1arm (body part)2arm; extension (of object)3arm (of organization)4classifier: sleeves; armsไปมาbpai maaไปมาbpai maa1[to] go back and forth; frequent2back and forth; to and fro3(in 'ไป ... มา') indicates a completed round tripอย่างyàangอย่างyàang1kind; type; sort2manner; way3in the manner of; -ly4classifier (for kinds/types)สบายอารมณ์sà-baai aa-romสบายอารมณ์sà-baai aa-rom1relaxed; in a good mood; carefree2mellow; soothing; easygoing (tone/style)
He walked, swinging his arms back and forth in a relaxed mood.
2NounB2
[to] clamber; scramble up
to climb with effort using hands and feet, such as on rocks or trees; to clamber or scramble up (very commonly used in the compound verb ปีนป่ายปีนป่ายbpeen bpàai[to] climb; scramble).
Examples
ลิงฝูงling-fuungนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)ชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)ปีนป่ายbpeen bpàaiปีนป่ายbpeen bpàai[to] climb; scrambleไปตามbpai dtaamไปตามbpai dtaam1[to] go along [sth]; [to] follow [sth]2[to] go get [sb]; [to] fetchกิ่งไม้gìng máaiกิ่งไม้gìng máaitree branchอย่างรวดเร็วyàang rûuat-reoอย่างรวดเร็วyàang rûuat-reoquickly; rapidly; swiftly
That troop of monkeys likes to scramble along the tree branches quickly.