เทียบเสียง(tîiap sĭiang)

Meanings

1VerbB1

[to] tune (an instrument)

to adjust the pitch of a musical instrument to match a reference sound or standard.

Examples

ก่อนgònก่อนgòn1before; earlier; previously; first2previous; prior; formerเล่นlênเล่นlên1[to] act; perform (role)2casually; for fun (manner marker)3[to] tease; kid; mess with4[to] use; operate; take up (colloquial extension)5seriously; to a great degree (intensifier, often negative)6[to] play; have fun7[to] play (game/sport/instrument)กีตาร์gee-dtaaกีตาร์gee-dtaaguitarต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightเทียบเสียงtîiap sĭiangเทียบเสียงtîiap sĭiang1[to] compare sounds; [to] match sounds (across languages)2[to] tune (an instrument)ก่อนนะgòn náก่อนนะgòn náfirst (polite); used on leaving ('I'll go first')
Before playing the guitar, you have to tune it first.
2VerbB2

[to] compare sounds; [to] match sounds (across languages)

to compare or align sounds, especially when mapping sounds between languages or dialects; to find sound correspondences or choose letters to approximate foreign sounds.

Examples

เวลาway-laaเวลาway-laa1time2time; period; occasion3when; at the time (that)4time (classifier) [rare/idiomatic]เขียนkĭianเขียนkĭian1[to] write2[to] compose; author3[to] fill out; write in4[to] draw; sketch5[to] write (data); burn (a disc)ชื่อchêuชื่อchêu1name2reputation; renown3[to] be named; be calledฝรั่งfà-ràngฝรั่งfà-ràng1guava2Westerner; foreigner (European/descent)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsภาษาไทยpaa-săa taiภาษาไทยpaa-săa tai1Thai language2Thai (school subject)3Thai-language; in Thaiเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)ต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightพยายามpà-yaa-yaamพยายามpà-yaa-yaam[to] try; attemptเทียบเสียงtîiap sĭiangเทียบเสียงtîiap sĭiang1[to] compare sounds; [to] match sounds (across languages)2[to] tune (an instrument)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; permitใกล้เคียงglâi kiiangใกล้เคียงglâi kiiang1near; nearby; neighboring2similar; approximate; close to3[to be] near; approximateที่สุดtêe sùtที่สุดtêe sùt1most; -est (superlative)2very; extremely (colloquial)3in the end; ultimately
When writing foreign names in Thai, we have to try to align the sounds as closely as possible.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

เทียบtîapเทียบtîap1[to] compare; set side by side; liken2[to] align; match; make correspond3comparable (to); on a par (with)4[to] dock; come alongside (a pier/boat)Part 1
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เสียงsĭiangเสียงsĭiang1sound; noise2voice3vote4tone; timbre5phonetic tonePart 2
เทียบเสียงtîiap sĭiangเทียบเสียงtîiap sĭiang[to] tune (an instrument)