ป๊าบๆ
bpáap bpáapMeanings
1InterjectionB2
smack; whack
onomatopoeia for the sound of repeated slapping, smacking, or hitting
Examples
แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2form of address for a woman (traditional/familiar)3prefix: female; main; baseตีdteeตีdtee1[to] hit; strike; beat2[to] play (percussion); strike (a gong/drum)3early-morning hour marker (1–5 a.m.)4[to] forge; hammer (metal)5[to] print; stamp; imprint6[to] estimate; reckon; guess (roughly)7[to] interpret; construe; take asเด็กdèkเด็กdèk1child; kid2young; not yet grown up3young person (informal)ดังdangดังdang1loud2[to] sound; resound3famous; well-known4as; likeป๊าบๆbpáap bpáapป๊าบๆbpáap bpáap1smack; whack2[to] have sexเพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingความkwaamความkwaam1abstract noun prefix2matter; case; contentดื้อdêuuดื้อdêuu1stubborn; obstinate; headstrong2naughty; disobedient3resistant (to treatment/control)
The mother hit the child *smack smack* because they were stubborn.
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He slapped the table *smack smack* in anger.
คุณครูkun kruuใช้cháiไม้เรียวmái riiaoตีdteeนักเรียนnák riianดังdangป๊าบๆbpáap bpáapเพื่อpêuuaทำโทษtam tôhtที่têeโดดdòhtเรียนriian
The teacher used a cane to hit the student *smack smack* to punish them for skipping class.
ได้ยินdâi-yinเสียงsĭiangคนตีkon dteeหมาmăaดังdangป๊าบๆbpáap bpáapจนjonเพื่อนบ้านpêuuan bâanต้องdtôngรีบrêepวิ่งwîngออกมาòk maaดูdoo
Hearing the sound of someone hitting a dog *smack smack* made the neighbors rush out to look.
2VerbC1
[to] have sex
to have sexual intercourse (slang, derived from the slapping sound of bodies)
Examples
พวกเขาpûuak kăoพวกเขาpûuak kăothey; them (people)พากันpaa ganพากันpaa gantogether; all; en masseไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already past5too; excessivelyป๊าบๆbpáap bpáapป๊าบๆbpáap bpáap1smack; whack2[to] have sexที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerโรงแรมrohng raemโรงแรมrohng raemhotel; lodging establishment
They went to hook up at the hotel.
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เพื่อนpêuuanแซวว่าsaeo wâaเมื่อคืนmêuua keunเขาkăoพาpaaแฟนfaenไปbpaiป๊าบๆbpáap bpáapมาmaaใช่ไหมchâi măi
His friends teased him, asking if he took his girlfriend to bang last night.
วัยรุ่นwai rûnบางคนbaang konใช้cháiแอปáepหาคู่hăa kôoโดยdoiมีmeeจุดประสงค์jùt bprà-sŏngแค่kâeเพื่อpêuuaไปbpaiป๊าบๆbpáap bpáapกันganแล้วก็láeo gâwแยกย้ายyâek yáai
Some teenagers use dating apps with the sole intention of just hooking up and then parting ways.
ข่าวฉาวkàao chăaoของkŏngดาราdaa-raaที่têeแอบàepไปbpaiป๊าบๆbpáap bpáapกับgàpแฟนคลับfaen klápกลายเป็นglaai bpenประเด็นร้อนbprà-den rónในnaiโซเชียลมีเดียsoh-chîian mee-dîia
The scandal of the celebrity secretly hooking up with a fan became a hot issue on social media.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is ป๊าบๆ said ป๊าบ-ป๊าบ?
bpáap bpáap
Thai spelling does not always show how a word sounds. This is how it is said.
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid class
- Tone markMai tri
- Syllable endingDead syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
High tone
bpáap
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Mid class + Mai tri → High
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 | — | — |