ภคินี(pá-kí-nee)
Meanings
1NounB2
sister (formal)
a sister; a female sibling (used in formal or literary contexts).
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillแนะนำให้náe-nam hâiแนะนำให้náe-nam hâi[to] advise/recommend [sb] to do [sth]; suggest (that...)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)รู้จักrúu jàkรู้จักrúu jàk1[to] know; be acquainted with2[to] recognize; identify3[to] know how; be capable (from familiarity); be prudent withกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)ภคินีpá-kí-neeภคินีpá-kí-nee1sister (formal)2Catholic sister; nun (Christian)ของเขาkŏng kăoของเขาkŏng kăohis; hers; theirsซึ่งsêungซึ่งsêung1which; that (relative pronoun)2which/and this; introducing explanationมีอายุmee aa-yuมีอายุmee aa-yu1[to] be [number] years old (of a person)2[to] be old (of things)3elderly; aged (of a person)มากกว่าmâak gwàaมากกว่าmâak gwàa1more; to a greater degree2more than; over (with numbers/amounts)3[to] exceed; be greater thanเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillห้าhâaห้าhâa1five (number)2haha (laughter, chat slang)ปีbpeeปีbpee1year2years old3zodiac year; animal year
He introduced me to his sister, who is five years older than him.
2NounB2
Catholic sister; nun (Christian)
a Catholic sister; a woman in a Christian religious order (formal usage in Thai).
Examples
ภคินีpá-kí-neeภคินีpá-kí-nee1sister (formal)2Catholic sister; nun (Christian)มารีmaa-reeมารีmaa-reeMarie (female given name)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsครูสอนkruu sŏnครูสอนkruu sŏn[to] teach (used after subject ‘teacher’)วิชาwi-chaaวิชาwi-chaa1subject; course; field of study2knowledge; skill; discipline3esoteric or magical arts4classifier: courses/subjectsดนตรีdon-dtreeดนตรีdon-dtree1music (art form)2music (as a subject/field)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotโรงเรียนrong rianโรงเรียนrong rian1school (institution)2school (building)ของเราkŏng raoของเราkŏng rao1our (belonging to us)2ours3our side; our group (we/us collectively)
Sister Marie is the music teacher at our school.