พิธีฝังหลักเมือง(pí-tee făng làk meuuang)

Meanings

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city pillar installation ceremony

A traditional Thai ceremony for the formal installation of a city pillar (lak mueang), believed to be the spiritual center of a city or province.

Examples

พิธีฝังหลักเมืองpí-tee făng làk meuuangพิธีฝังหลักเมืองpí-tee făng làk meuuangcity pillar installation ceremonyเป็นประเพณีbpen bprà-pay-neeเป็นประเพณีbpen bprà-pay-neetraditional; customaryที่สำคัญtêe săm-kanที่สำคัญtêe săm-kan1important; key; crucial2importantly; crucially; more importantly3the important thing/pointเมื่อmêuuaเมื่อmêuua1when; at the time that2when (past time marker)สร้างsâangสร้างsâang1[to] build; construct2[to] create; produce3[to] establish; found4[to] generate; developเมืองmeuuangเมืองmeuuang1country; state (literary/archaic)2region; realm (historical)3city; town; urban areaใหม่màiใหม่mài1new; not old2new; different; fresh3again; anew4new; inexperienced (novice)
The city pillar installation ceremony is an important tradition when establishing a new city.

Word Breakdown

พิธีpí-teeพิธีpí-tee1ceremony; rite2ritual; observance3formal procedure; protocolPart 1
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ฝังfăngฝังfăng1[to] bury; inter2[to] implant (medical/dental)3[to] embed; set into4[to be] ingrained; deeply instilled (figurative) [adj]Part 2
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หลักเมืองlàk meuuangหลักเมืองlàk meuuang1city pillar2City Pillar Shrine3city pillar (literal)4mainstay; linchpin (figurative)5city pillar; auspicious founding pillar6City Pillar Shrine (by extension)7city pillar8city pillar shrine9city pillar (protective)10mainstay; keystone (figurative)11city pillar; sacred pillar of a city12City Pillar Shrine (by metonymy)13city pillar14city pillar shrine (by metonymy)15city pillar (founding sacred pillar)16City Pillar Shrine (by metonymy)17city pillar18city pillar shrine19city pillar20mainstay; cornerstone (figurative)21city pillar22cornerstone; mainstay (figurative)23city pillar; founding pillar24City Pillar Shrine25city pillar; shrine26city pillar27City Pillar Shrine28city pillar29City Pillar Shrine30city pillar31City Pillar Shrine (by extension)32city pillar33City Pillar ShrinePart 3
พิธีฝังหลักเมืองpí-tee făng làk meuuangพิธีฝังหลักเมืองpí-tee făng làk meuuangcity pillar installation ceremony