หนังผี
nǎng-pǐiMeaning
1NounA2
ghost movie; supernatural horror film
a horror movie that features ghosts or spirits; a ghost-themed horror film
Examples
คืนนี้kʉʉn-níiคืนนี้kʉʉn-níi1tonight (the night of today)2tonightฉันchǎnฉันchǎn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3will; would (in conditional results)ดูหนังduu-nǎngดูหนังduu-nǎng[to] watch a movieผีpǐiผีpǐi1ghost; spirit2corpse; dead bodyกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3side dish; accompaniment4against; versus5to; toward (recipient/target)6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)เพื่อนpʉ̂ʉanเพื่อนpʉ̂ʉan1friend2classmate; colleague (peer)3companion; fellow
Tonight I’m going to watch a ghost movie with my friends.
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ตอนเด็กdtɔɔn-dèkฉันchǎnกลัวgluuaหนังผีnǎng-pǐiมากmâakเพราะprɔ́มีmiiวิญญาณwin-yaanโผล่plòoมาmaaหลอกlɔ̀ɔk
When I was a kid, I was very scared of ghost movies because spirits would pop out to scare you.
เธอterชวนchuanไปดูbpai dooหนังผีnăng pĕeรอบดึกrôp dèukบอกว่าbòk wâaเป็นbpenเรื่องrêuuangผีpĕeไทยtaiที่têeหลอนlŏnสุดๆsùt sùt
She invited me to a late-night ghost movie, saying it’s a Thai ghost story that’s super creepy.
แม้mɛ́ɛจะjàเป็นbpenหนังผีnǎng-pǐiแต่dtɛ̀ɛเนื้อเรื่องnʉ́ʉa-rʉ̂ʉangเน้นnénวิญญาณwin-yaanที่tîiคอยkɔɔiช่วยchûuaiไขkǎiปริศนาbprìt-sà-nǎaมากกว่าmâak-gwàaทำให้tam-hâiตกใจdtòk-jai
Although it’s a ghost movie, the plot focuses more on spirits helping to solve a mystery than on jump scares.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classHigh classLeading หA silent ห before น puts this syllable in high class.
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -ง, a sonorant, so it is live.
High class consonants
ขฃฉฐถผฝศษสห
Result
Rising tone
nǎng
Dips low first, then rises clearly.
High class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Rising
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
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หนังผีnǎng-pǐiหนังผีnǎng-pǐighost movie; supernatural horror filmghost movie; supernatural horror filmWord