อมปี่
om-bpìiMeaning
1AdjectiveB2
sulky; tight-lipped; unsmiling
Having a sulky, unsmiling expression and keeping one's mouth shut rather than speaking; often used to describe someone's face or expression.
Examples
พอpɔɔพอpɔɔ1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; whenแม่mɛ̂ɛแม่mɛ̂ɛ1mother; mom2form of address for a woman (traditional/familiar)3prefix: female; main; baseไม่ให้mâi-hâiไม่ให้mâi-hâi1[to] not give; withhold; refuse to give2[to] not allow; not let; forbid3so that not; in order to preventไปเที่ยวbpai-tîiaoไปเที่ยวbpai-tîiao1[to] go out for fun; hang out2[to] travel for leisure; go on a trip; go sightseeing3[to] drop by for fun; pay a casual visitเขาkǎoเขาkǎo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gɔ̂ก็gɔ̂1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3conditional marker (if… then…)4well; after all (emphasis/justification)5topic/resumption markerนั่งnângนั่งnâng1[to] sit; sit down2[to] take; ride [sth] (vehicle)หน้าnâaหน้าnâa1face2front; frontage3page4next; upcoming5in front; at the front6season; time of year7topping (food)อมปี่om-bpìiอมปี่om-bpìisulky; tight-lipped; unsmilingไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ยอมyɔɔmยอมyɔɔm1[to] agree; consent2[to] allow; permit3[to] yield; give in; submit4[to] admit (acknowledge)คุยkuiคุยkui1[to] chat; talk2[to] discuss; talk over3[to] brag; boast4[to] talk to [sb] romantically; get to know a potential partner (colloq.)กับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3side dish; accompaniment4against; versus5to; toward (recipient/target)ใครkraiใครkrai1who2anyone; whoever
When his mother wouldn't let him go out, he sat there looking sulky and refused to talk to anyone.
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เป็นอะไรไปbpen-à-rai-bpaiทำไมtam-maiถึงtʉ̌ngนั่งnângหน้าnâaอมปี่om-bpìiไม่พูดไม่จาmâi-pûut-mâi-jaaเลยləəi
What's wrong? Why are you sitting there looking sulky and not saying a word?
แม้mɛ́ɛเพื่อนpʉ̂ʉanจะjàขอโทษkɔ̌ɔ-tôotแล้วlɛ́ɛoเธอtəəก็gɔ̂ยังyangทำหน้าtam-nâaอมปี่om-bpìiและlɛ́ไม่mâiยอมyɔɔmตอบdtɔ̀ɔpเวลาwee-laaมีmiiคนkonถามtǎam
Even though her friend had apologized, she still looked sulky and refused to answer when anyone asked her something.
แทนที่จะtaen têe jàบอกbòkตรงdtrongๆ-ว่าwâaไม่พอใจmâi por jaiเรื่องrêuuangอะไรà-raiเขาkăoกลับglàpทำหน้าtam nâaอมปี่om bpèeจนjonคนอื่นkon èunไม่mâiกล้าglâaเข้าไปkâo bpaiคุยด้วยkui dûuai
Instead of saying directly what he was upset about, he wore such a sulky expression that nobody dared approach him to talk.
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 classMid class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -ม, a sonorant, so it is live.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Mid tone
om
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Mid class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
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
อมomอมom1[to] hold in the mouth; suck2[to] embezzle; pocket (fig.)3[to] hold back words; keep silent (fig.)4[to] have a tinge of; be tinted with[to] hold in the mouth; suckPart 1
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ปี่bpìiปี่bpìi1reed pipe; reed wind instrument2Thai reed oboe (pi)reed pipe; reed wind instrumentPart 2
อมปี่om-bpìiอมปี่om-bpìisulky; tight-lipped; unsmilingsulky; tight-lipped; unsmilingWord