พญาไท
pá-yaa-taiMeaning
1Proper nounA2
Phaya Thai (place name)
Phaya Thai; a name for a major district in central Bangkok. It is also the name of a major road, a palace, a well-known hospital group, and a key transit interchange station (BTS and Airport Rail Link).
Examples
บ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4domestic; domesticated; cultivatedของฉันkɔ̌ɔng-chǎnของฉันkɔ̌ɔng-chǎnmy; mineอยู่yùuอยู่yùu1[to] live; reside; stay2to be (located); be at3progressive/continuative marker4to exist; remainพญาไทpá-yaa-taiพญาไทpá-yaa-taiPhaya Thai (place name)
My house is in Phaya Thai.
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Tomorrow, I will go to see my friend at Phaya Thai Hospital.
Let's take the BTS Skytrain and get off at Phaya Thai station.
ถ้าtâaคุณkunจะjàไปbpaiสนามบินสุวรรณภูมิsà-nǎam-bin-sù-wan-ná-puumคุณkunสามารถsǎa-mâatเปลี่ยนไปbplìian-bpaiขึ้นkʉ̂nแอร์พอร์ตลิงก์ɛɛ-pɔ́ɔt-língที่tîiสถานีsà-tǎa-niiพญาไทpá-yaa-taiได้dâai
If you want to go to Suvarnabhumi Airport, you can transfer to the Airport Rail Link at Phaya Thai station.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is พญาไท said พะ-ยา-ไท?
pá-yaa-tai
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
3 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableShort vowelA short vowel with no final consonant, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
pá
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Low class + No tone mark + Dead syllable · Short vowel → 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 | — | — |
Word Breakdown
พญาpá-yaaพญาpá-yaa1ruler; king; lord (historical)2honorific prefix for great beings3chief; great one (for animals/plants)ruler; king; lord (historical)Part 1
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พญาไทpá-yaa-taiพญาไทpá-yaa-taiPhaya Thai (place name)Phaya Thai (place name)Word