แพ
pɛɛMeanings
1NounA2
raft; floating platform
A flat structure of logs, bamboo, or other materials fastened together to float on water.
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ชาวบ้านchaao-bâanชาวบ้านchaao-bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)ผูกpùukผูกpùuk1[to] tie [sth]; fasten [sth]2[to] bind; connect; associate3[to] obligate; bind; commit4[to] compose; deviseไม้ไผ่máai-pàiไม้ไผ่máai-pài1bamboo (plant)2bamboo (material)ทำเป็นtam-bpenทำเป็นtam-bpen1[to] know how (to do sth); be able (skill)2[to] pretend; feign; act as ifแพลอยpɛɛ-lɔɔiแพลอยpɛɛ-lɔɔifloating raft; floating house-raftในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)แม่น้ำmɛ̂ɛ-náamแม่น้ำmɛ̂ɛ-náamriver
Villagers tied bamboo together to make a raft floating in the river.
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เมื่อวานmʉ̂ʉa-waanเราraoเอาaoท่อนไม้tɔ̂n-máaiมาmaaมัดmátเป็นbpenแพpɛɛเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaข้ามkâamลำธารlam-taan
Yesterday we tied logs into a raft to cross the stream.
He will fix the raft whose rope came loose before setting out tomorrow.
แพpɛɛไม้máaiที่tîiประกอบbprà-gɔ̀ɔpอย่างแน่นหนาyàang-nɛ̂n-nǎaช่วยให้chûuai-hâiพวกเราpûuak-raoลอยพ้นlɔɔi-pónกระแสน้ำgrà-sɛ̌ɛ-náamเชี่ยวchîiaoได้dâaiอย่างyàangปลอดภัยbplɔ̀ɔt-pai
The tightly assembled wooden raft helped us float safely past the swift current.
2NounB1
raft house; floating house/shop
A house, shop, or platform built on or as a raft, used as a dwelling or place of business on water.
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ครอบครัวkrɔ̂ɔp-kruuaครอบครัวkrɔ̂ɔp-kruuafamily; householdเขาkǎoเขาkǎo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเปิดbpə̀ətเปิดbpə̀ət1[to] open; uncover; unwrap2[to] turn on; switch on3[to] start; launch; open for businessร้านกาแฟráan-gaa-fɛɛร้านกาแฟráan-gaa-fɛɛcoffee shop; caféบนbonบนbon1on; upon; in; above2upper; top3[to] vow (at a shrine)แพpɛɛแพpɛɛ1raft; floating platform2raft house; floating house/shop3classifier: rafts; raft housesริมแม่น้ำrim-mɛ̂ɛ-náamริมแม่น้ำrim-mɛ̂ɛ-náam1riverside; riverbank2by/along the river (locative use)
His family runs a coffee shop on a raft house by the river.
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Last night we had dinner at a raft restaurant on the water; the breeze was very cool.
คุณลุงkun lungอาศัยอยู่aa-săi yòoในnaiแพไม้ไผ่pae máai pàiทำเป็นtam bpenบ้านbâanเล็กๆlék lékติดท่าdtìt tâaน้ำnáamของkŏngหมู่บ้านmòo bâan
Uncle lives in a bamboo raft house, made into a small home attached to the village pier.
พ่อค้าpɔ̂ɔ-káaในnaiชุมชนchum-chonตั้งdtângแพpɛɛเป็นbpenตลาดเช้าdtà-làat-cháoขายkǎaiผักpàkและlɛ́ปลาสดbplaa-sòtให้hâiคนkonที่tîiพายเรือpaai-rʉʉaมาmaaซื้อsʉ́ʉ
Merchants in the community set up raft platforms as a morning market, selling vegetables and fresh fish to people who row over to buy.
3ClassifierB1
classifier: rafts; raft houses
A classifier used for counting rafts and raft houses.
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วันนี้wan-níiวันนี้wan-níi1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; at presentที่tîiที่tîi1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerท่าน้ำtâa-náamท่าน้ำtâa-náam1river/canal landing; pier2waterside steps/area (traditional use)มีmiiมีmii1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoแพpɛɛแพpɛɛ1raft; floating platform2raft house; floating house/shop3classifier: rafts; raft housesให้เช่าhâi-châoให้เช่าhâi-châo1[to] rent out; [to] let (out)2for rent; available to rentสามsǎamสามsǎamthree (3)แพpɛɛแพpɛɛ1raft; floating platform2raft house; floating house/shop3classifier: rafts; raft houses
Today at the pier there are three rafts for rent.
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เจ้าหน้าที่jâao-nâa-tîiนับnápแพpɛɛที่จอดtîi-jɔ̀ɔtริมฝั่งrim-fàngได้dâaiทั้งหมดtáng-mòtหกhòkแพpɛɛก่อนgɔ̀ɔnเริ่มงานrə̂əm-ngaanแข่งkɛ̀ng
The officials counted a total of six rafts moored by the shore before the competition started.
ทริปtrípนี้níiต้องdtɔ̂ngจองjɔɔngแพpɛɛพักpákล่วงหน้าlûuang-nâaอย่างน้อยyàang-nɔ́ɔiสองsɔ̌ɔngแพpɛɛสำหรับsǎm-ràpกลุ่มglùmครอบครัวkrɔ̂ɔp-kruuaและlɛ́กลุ่มเพื่อนglùm-pʉ̂ʉan
For this trip, we need to reserve at least two raft houses in advance, one for the family group and one for the friends.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableA long vowel with no final consonant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
pɛɛ
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Low 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 | — | — |