ลิบๆ
líp lípMeaning
1AdverbB1
far in the distance; barely visible
Describes something that is very far away, almost at the limit of one's sight.
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)เห็นhĕnเห็นhĕn1[to] see2[to] notice; [to] realize; [to] find (that)3[to] think; [to] be of the opinion4[to] consider; [to] regard asเรือreuuaเรือreuuaboat; ship; vesselอยู่yòoอยู่yòo1[to] live; reside; stay2to be (located); be at3progressive/continuative marker4to exist; remainไกลglaiไกลglai1far; distant2far; to a distant place3far (in time/relationship); distantลิบๆlíp lípลิบๆlíp lípfar in the distance; barely visibleกลางglaangกลางglaang1middle; center2middle; central3in the middle; in the center4amid; in the midst of; mid-ทะเลtá-layทะเลtá-lay1sea2seaside; the beach
I see a boat very far away in the middle of the sea.
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พอporขึ้นไปkêun bpaiบนbonยอดตึกyôt dtèukเราraoจะjàมองเห็นmong hĕnบ้านเรือนbâan reuuanอยู่yòoลิบๆlíp lípจนjonสุดสายตาsùt săai dtaa
When you go to the top of the building, you can see houses very far away, to the limit of your sight.
เราraoขับรถkàp rótออกมาòk maaไกลglaiมากmâakจนjonมองmongกลับไปglàp bpaiเห็นhĕnเมืองmeuuangเป็นbpenแค่kâeแสงไฟsăeng faiลิบๆlíp líp
We drove so far that when we looked back, the city was just a cluster of distant lights.
ความหวังkwaam wăngที่têeจะjàได้dâiกลับบ้านเกิดglàp bâan gèrtของเขาkŏng kăoดูdooเลือนลางleuuan laangเหมือนmĕuuanเกาะgòrที่têeเห็นhĕnอยู่yòoลิบๆlíp lípกลางglaangมหาสมุทรmá-hăa-sà-mùt
His hope of returning to his homeland seemed faint, like an island seen from afar in the middle of the ocean.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is ลิบๆ said ลิบ-ลิบ?
líp líp
Thai spelling does not always show how a word sounds. This is how it is said.
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 -บ, a stop, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
líp
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 | — | — |