หยิบ(yìp)
Meanings
1VerbA2
[to] pick up; take (with fingers)
to take, lift, or grasp something using the fingers or hand
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillหยิบyìpหยิบyìp1[to] pick up; take (with fingers)2[to] hand; pass [sth] to [sb]3[to] select; choose (a small item)4a pinch (measure)โทรศัพท์toh-rá-sàpโทรศัพท์toh-rá-sàp1mobile phone; cellphone (colloquial)2[to] telephone [sb]; [to] call3telephone; phoneขึ้นมาkêun maaขึ้นมาkêun maa1[to] come up (toward the speaker); move upward2[to] get up; rise3[to] go up; increase4[to] arise; appear; emerge5[to] become; start to be (change of state)ดูเวลาduu way-laaดูเวลาduu way-laa[to] check the time
He picked up his phone to check the time.
2VerbA2
[to] hand; pass [sth] to [sb]
to take something and give it to someone; to pass an item to a person
Examples
ช่วยchûuaiช่วยchûuai1please (polite request)2[to] save; rescue [sb]3[to] help; assist [sb/sth]หยิบyìpหยิบyìp1[to] pick up; take (with fingers)2[to] hand; pass [sth] to [sb]3[to] select; choose (a small item)4a pinch (measure)เกลือgleuuaเกลือgleuua1salt (table salt)2salt (chemical class)ให้hâiให้hâi1[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; permitหน่อยnòiหน่อยnòi1a little; a bit2polite softener (request)
Please pass me the salt.
3VerbB1
[to] select; choose (a small item)
to choose or take one item from among others, often casually or quickly
Examples
เธอterเธอter1you (informal; familiar)2term of address (affectionate)3she; herหยิบyìpหยิบyìp1[to] pick up; take (with fingers)2[to] hand; pass [sth] to [sb]3[to] select; choose (a small item)4a pinch (measure)เสื้อยืดsêuua yèuutเสื้อยืดsêuua yèuutT-shirt; teeตัวdtuuaตัวdtuua1body; self; person (colloq.)2character; figure3classifier: animals, garments, furniture, certain items; people (informal)4self-/personal (attributive)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/slotชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)จากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)กองgongกองgong1to pile (up); heap; stack2pile; heap; stack3division; department; regiment4classifier: piles; heaps; groups; military units; filmsผ้าpâaผ้าpâa1cloth; fabric; textile2cloth item3classifier: piece/bolt of cloth (Thai classifier)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerใส่sàiใส่sài1[to] put in; [to] add2[to] wear; [to] put on3[to] pour in; [to] fill4[to] include; [to] insert (data, settings)5[to] attack; [to] go at (colloq.)ทันทีtan teeทันทีtan tee1immediately; at once2as soon as; the moment that (ทันทีที่)
She picked her favorite T-shirt from the pile and put it on immediately.
4NounB1
a pinch (measure)
a very small amount taken between the fingers, used as an informal measure (e.g., a pinch of salt)
Examples
แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseบอกให้bòk hâiบอกให้bòk hâi[to] tell [sb] to [do sth]หยิบyìpหยิบyìp1[to] pick up; take (with fingers)2[to] hand; pass [sth] to [sb]3[to] select; choose (a small item)4a pinch (measure)เกลือgleuuaเกลือgleuua1salt (table salt)2salt (chemical class)ใส่sàiใส่sài1[to] put in; [to] add2[to] wear; [to] put on3[to] pour in; [to] fill4[to] include; [to] insert (data, settings)5[to] attack; [to] go at (colloq.)แกงgaengแกงgaeng1Thai curry (soup/stew)2[to] make curry; cook a curry dish3classifier: types/varieties of curry dishesแค่kâeแค่kâe1only; just2merely; simply (downplaying)3only; just (preposition)หยิบมือyìp meuหยิบมือyìp meu1a pinch; a small handful; a handful [classifier]2a pinch (small amount)3a small number (people/things)4classifier: pinchเดียวdiiaoเดียวdiiaosingle; one; only; same
Mom told me to add just a pinch of salt to the curry.