ภพชาติ
póp-châatMeanings
1NounB2
lifetimes; successive existences
successive lives or states of existence in Buddhist belief
Examples
หลวงพ่อlǔuang-pɔ̂ɔหลวงพ่อlǔuang-pɔ̂ɔ1Venerable monk (form of address)2revered Buddha image/statueสอนsɔ̌ɔnสอนsɔ̌ɔn1[to] teach [sb] [sth]2[to] instruct; train [sb]3[to] admonish; give moral guidanceว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell2that (clause marker)3[to] think; consider; deem4[to] scold; reproach; criticizeคนเราkon-raoคนเราkon-raowe humans; people (in general)ยังyangยังyang1still; continuing2not yet (with ไม่)3yet? (question use)4still/even (emphatic degree)5to; towardเวียนว่ายwiian-wâaiเวียนว่ายwiian-wâai1[to] circle around; move round and round2[to] be stuck in cycles; undergo repeated rebirthอยู่ในyùu-naiอยู่ในyùu-nai[to] be in [somewhere]ภพชาติpóp-châatภพชาติpóp-châat1lifetimes; successive existences2existence; lifetime (one birth)จนกว่าจะพ้นjon-gwàa-jà-pónจนกว่าจะพ้นjon-gwàa-jà-pónuntil [sth] has passed; until [sb/sth] is out of [sth]ทุกข์túkทุกข์túk1suffering; misery; distress2[to] suffer; be in distress
The monk taught that we continue to cycle through lifetimes until we are freed from suffering.
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เขาkǎoศรัทธาsàt-taaว่าwâaกรรมgamที่tîiทำไว้tam-wáiจะjàส่งผลsòng-pǒnในnaiภพpópชาติถัดไปchâat-tàt-bpai
He believes that the karma he creates will bear fruit in future lifetimes.
ในnaiแนวคิดnɛɛo-kítพุทธpútภพชาติpóp-châatไม่ใช่mâi-châiเพียงpiiangการเกิดใหม่gaan-gə̀ət-màiแต่dtɛ̀ɛคือkʉʉกระบวนการgrà-buuan-gaanต่อเนื่องdtɔ̀ɔ-nʉ̂ʉangของkɔ̌ɔngทุกข์túkและlɛ́เหตุปัจจัยhèet-bpàt-jai
In Buddhist thought, the cycle of lifetimes is not just rebirth but a continuous process of suffering and conditions.
เธอterอ่านàanพระไตรปิฎกprá dtrai bpì-dòkเพื่อpêuuaทำความเข้าใจtam kwaam kâo jaiว่าwâaการหลุดพ้นgaan lùt pónคือkeuการgaanสิ้นsînภพชาติpóp châatมิใช่mí châiการย้ายที่gaan yáai têeเกิดgèrtเฉยๆchŏei chŏei
She reads the Tipitaka to understand that liberation is the end of the cycle of lifetimes, not merely moving to a new birth.
2NounB2
existence; lifetime (one birth)
one specific lifetime or existence within the cycle of rebirth
Examples
หลวงตาlǔuang-dtaaหลวงตาlǔuang-dtaaelderly Buddhist monk; venerable elder monkกล่าวว่าglàao-wâaกล่าวว่าglàao-wâa[to] say that; state thatในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)ภพpópภพpóp1realm; plane of existence2existence; lifetime in the cycle of rebirth3(Buddhism) becoming; existenceชาติหนึ่งchâat-nʉ̀ngชาติหนึ่งchâat-nʉ̀ng1one lifetime; one existence2for ages; for a very long timeเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)อาจàatอาจàat1may; might (possibility)2possibly; perhaps3able; capable (literary/formal)เกิดมาgə̀ət-maaเกิดมาgə̀ət-maa1[to] be born2ever; in one's life (since birth)เพื่อpʉ̂ʉaเพื่อpʉ̂ʉa1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofชดใช้chót-cháiชดใช้chót-chái1[to] reimburse [sb]; pay back2[to] compensate; indemnifyกรรมgamกรรมgam1damn it; what bad luck! (colloquial)2karma; deed (Buddhist moral causation)3deed; act (with moral weight)4fate; consequence; retributionบางอย่างbaang-yàangบางอย่างbaang-yàangsomething; certain thing(s)
The monk said that in a particular lifetime, we may be born to repay certain karma.
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เธอtəəเชื่อว่าchʉ̂ʉa-wâaภพชาติpóp-châatครั้งkrángก่อนgɔ̀ɔnทำให้tam-hâiเธอtəəมีmiiพรสวรรค์pɔɔn-sà-wǎnด้านdâanดนตรีdon-dtriiในnaiชาติchâatนี้níi
She believes that a specific previous lifetime gave her musical talent in this one.
นักปราชญ์nák-bpràatบางbaangท่านtânอภิปรายà-pí-bpraaiว่าwâaในnaiแต่ละdtɛ̀ɛ-láภพชาติpóp-châatบุคคลbùk-konสั่งสมsàng-sǒmประสบการณ์bprà-sòp-gaanที่tîiส่งผลต่อsòng-pǒn-dtɔ̀ɔวิถีชีวิตwí-tǐi-chii-wítครั้งต่อไปkráng-dtɔ̀ɔ-bpai
Some scholars argue that in each specific lifetime, a person accumulates experiences that affect the course of the next one.
นิทานพื้นบ้านní-taan-pʉ́ʉn-bâanกล่าวถึงglàao-tʉ̌ngภพชาติpóp-châatของkɔ̌ɔngวีรบุรุษwii-rá-bù-rútผู้pûuหนึ่งnʉ̀ngซึ่งsʉ̂ngความกล้าหาญkwaam-glâa-hǎanในnaiชาติchâatนั้นnánกลายเป็นglaai-bpenแรงบันดาลใจrɛɛng-ban-daan-jaiสืบมาsʉ̀ʉp-maa
A folktale speaks of one specific lifetime of a hero, whose bravery in that life became an enduring inspiration.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is ภพชาติ said พบ-ชาด?
póp-châat
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableShort vowelEnds in -พ, a stop, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
póp
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
ภพpópภพpóp1realm; plane of existence2existence; lifetime in the cycle of rebirth3(Buddhism) becoming; existencerealm; plane of existencePart 1
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ชาติchâatชาติchâat1nation; country2race; ethnic or national origin3life; lifetime; incarnation4birth; lineage (lit.)nation; countryPart 2
ภพชาติpóp-châatภพชาติpóp-châatlifetimes; successive existenceslifetimes; successive existencesWord