หีบ
hìipMeanings
1NounA2
chest; trunk; box
a large, strong box with a lid used for storing or carrying things
Examples
บ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: หลังยายyaaiยายyaai1grandmother (maternal)2old woman (informal; can be rude)มีmiiมีmii1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoหีบhìipหีบhìip1chest; trunk; box2coffinไม้máaiไม้máai1wood; timber2stick; rod; club; bat3classifier: skewers of food4tone/diacritic mark (Thai orthography)5tool; implementใบbaiใบbai1leaf2sheet; slip; card; ticket; bill; receipt3classifier for leaves, paper items, containers, and certain other objects4license; permit; certificate5bladeใหญ่yàiใหญ่yài1big; large2major; important3elder; seniorสำหรับsǎm-ràpสำหรับsǎm-ràp1for; intended for; for the purpose of2as for; regardingเก็บgèpเก็บgèp1to keep; store; put away2to collect; pick up; gather3to tidy up; put in order4to keep back; save5[to] harvest; pick (fruit/flowers)6to charge; take (a fee/payment)7[to] tuck in; gather up (hair/clothes)ผ้าห่มpâa-hòmผ้าห่มpâa-hòmblanket
Grandma’s house has a large wooden chest for storing blankets.
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พ่อpɔ̂ɔใส่sàiเครื่องมือช่างkrʉ̂ʉang-mʉʉ-chângลงในlong-naiหีบhìipแล้วlɛ́ɛoปิดbpìtฝาfǎaแน่นหนาnɛ̂n-nǎa
Dad put the tools into the chest and closed the lid securely.
He packed old books into a chest to move house.
เราraoใช้cháiหีบhìipเหล็กlèkใบbaiนี้níiเก็บของgèp-kɔ̌ɔngมีค่าmii-kâaตอนdtɔɔnเดินทางdəən-taangทางเรือtaang-rʉʉaเพราะprɔ́แข็งแรงkɛ̌ng-rɛɛngและlɛ́ปิดbpìtล็อกlɔ́kได้dâai
We use this metal chest to store valuables when traveling by boat because it’s sturdy and can be locked.
2NounB1
coffin
a box in which a dead body is placed for burial or cremation
Examples
ชาวบ้านchaao-bâanชาวบ้านchaao-bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)ช่วยกันchûuai-ganช่วยกันchûuai-gan1[to] help each other; cooperate2[to] do jointly; pitch in togetherยกyókยกyók1[to] lift; raise2[to] give; dedicate; donate3[to] promote; elevate (rank/status)4[to] cite; invoke (as an example/reason)5classifier: round6[to] waive; remit; dismissหีบศพhìip-sòpหีบศพhìip-sòpcoffin; casketขึ้นรถkʉ̂n-rótขึ้นรถkʉ̂n-rót[to] get in a vehicle; [to] boardเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaเพื่อpʉ̂ʉa1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already pastวัดwátวัดwát1to measure2Buddhist temple3to gauge; assess
Villagers helped lift the coffin onto the vehicle to go to the temple.
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ญาติๆyâat yâatมาmaaยืนyeunล้อมlómหีบhèepในnaiงานศพngaan sòpเพื่อpêuuaร่วมrûuamไว้อาลัยwái aa-laiครั้งkrángสุดท้ายsùt táai
Relatives gathered around the coffin at the funeral to pay their last respects.
เมื่อmʉ̂ʉaเคลื่อนklʉ̂ʉanหีบhìipไปถึงbpai-tʉ̌ngเมรุmeenทุกคนtúk-konต่างdtàangสงบนิ่งsǒng-bìn-ngîngเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaส่งsòngผู้ล่วงลับpûu-lûuang-láp
When the coffin reached the crematorium, everyone fell silent to bid farewell to the deceased.
พิธีกรpí-tii-gɔɔnกล่าวglàaoเชิญchəənครอบครัวkrɔ̂ɔp-kruuaปิดbpìtฝาfǎaหีบhìipอย่างสงบyàang-sà-ngòpก่อนgɔ̀ɔnเริ่มrə̂əmพิธีpí-tiiฌาปนกิจchaa-bpà-ná-gìtอย่างเป็นทางการyàang-bpen-taang-gaan
The master of ceremonies invited the family to close the coffin lid peacefully before the formal cremation ceremony began.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classHigh class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableEnds in -บ, a stop, so it is dead.
High class consonants
ขฃฉฐถผฝศษสห
Result
Low tone
hìip
Starts low and stays low, easing slightly down.
High class + No tone mark + Dead syllable → Low
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 | — | — |