พิธีสู่ขวัญ(pí-tee sòo kwăn)

Meanings

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traditional blessing ceremony

A traditional Thai or Lao blessing ceremony performed to restore a person's spirit or to wish them well, often involving the tying of strings around the wrist.

Examples

ครอบครัวkrôp kruuaครอบครัวkrôp kruua1family; household2family unit (sociological)ของเราkŏng raoของเราkŏng rao1our (belonging to us)2ours3our side; our group (we/us collectively)จัดjàtจัดjàt1[to] arrange; organize; set up2[to] provide; supply; allocate3[to] impose; levy; enforce; arrange (officially)4intense; extreme (colloquial)พิธีสู่ขวัญpí-tee sòo kwănพิธีสู่ขวัญpí-tee sòo kwăntraditional blessing ceremonyให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitพี่ชายpêe chaaiพี่ชายpêe chaaiolder brother; elder male siblingก่อนgònก่อนgòn1before; earlier; previously; first2previous; prior; formerเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)เดินทางdern taangเดินทางdern taang1[to] travel; make a journey2travel; a journey (act of traveling) [formal/literary as noun]ไปเรียนbpai rianไปเรียนbpai rian[to] go to study; [to] go to schoolต่อdtòต่อdtò1[to] bargain; haggle2per; each (rate/unit)3[to] continue; go on4subsequently; then (adverbial sequence)5[to] connect; attach; join6next; following; subsequentต่างประเทศdtàang bprà-têhtต่างประเทศdtàang bprà-têht1foreign; overseas2abroad; foreign countries3[to] go/live abroad
Our family held a 'su kwan' ceremony for my older brother before he went to study abroad.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

พิธีpí-teeพิธีpí-tee1ceremony; rite2ritual; observance3formal procedure; protocolPart 1
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สู่ขวัญsòo kwănสู่ขวัญsòo kwăn1[to] perform a su khwan blessing ceremony2su khwan ceremony; blessing ritePart 2
พิธีสู่ขวัญpí-tee sòo kwănพิธีสู่ขวัญpí-tee sòo kwăntraditional blessing ceremony