พิ
pí
Meanings
1NounA2
older sibling; older person (term of address)
a polite form of address for an older sibling or a slightly older person; variant of the Thai term 'phi'.
Examples
พิpíพิpí1older sibling; older person (term of address)2colloquial elder-prefix before namesไปไหนbpai năiไปไหนbpai năi1Where are you going?; Where did you go?; Where to?2anywhere; nowhereคะkáคะkápolite particle (female; question softener)
Where are you going, Phee? (Phee = polite term for older sibling/person)
2NounB1
colloquial elder-prefix before names
A colloquial prefix placed before a name to mark the person as an elder sibling or older peer, used in speech/online informally. Example: พิชิน (for พี่ชิน).
Examples
คืนนี้keun néeคืนนี้keun née1tonight (the night of today)2tonightพิเมย์pí mayจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerปาร์ตี้bpaa-dtêeปาร์ตี้bpaa-dtêe1party (social event)2[to] partyด้วยdûuayด้วยdûuay1with; together with2also; too; as well3by; by means of; using4because; since (formal/literary)5polite/softening sentence particle (formal)6because of; due to
P'May is coming to the party tonight.