แพะ
pɛ́Meanings
1NounA1
goat
a domesticated animal with horns and often a beard, kept for milk, meat, or fiber
Examples
ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)คอกkɔ̂ɔkคอกkɔ̂ɔk1animal pen/enclosure2stall/stableมีmiiมีmii1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoแพะpɛ́แพะpɛ́1goat2scapegoatสองsɔ̌ɔngสองsɔ̌ɔng1two; 22secondตัวdtuuaตัวdtuua1body; self; person (colloq.)2classifier: animals, garments, furniture, certain items; people (informal)3character; figure
There are two goats in the pen.
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I feed the goats every morning.
Yesterday the villagers milked the goats to make cheese.
Tomorrow we will take the kids to see the goats at the farm.
2NounB2
scapegoat
a person who is unfairly blamed for the faults or problems of others; a fall guy
Examples
พอpɔɔพอpɔɔ1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; whenแผนpɛ̌ɛnแผนpɛ̌ɛn1plan; strategy2scheme; plotล้มlómล้มlóm1to fall; topple2to collapse; fail3[to] knock down; fell4[to] cancel; scrap; scuttle5[to] overthrow; toppleเขาkǎoเขาkǎo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gɔ̂ก็gɔ̂1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3conditional marker (if… then…)4well; after all (emphasis/justification)5topic/resumption markerโดนdoonโดนdoon1[to] get; be subjected to (passive, often negative)2[to] be hit; be struck; be affected3[to] hit the mark; be spot on (slang/colloq.)จับjàpจับjàp1[to] hold; grasp2[to] touch; feel3[to] catch; seize; capture4[to] arrest5[to] detect; pick up; sense6[to] attack; come on (of fever)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] have; suffer from; be in (a condition)แพะรับบาปpɛ́-ráp-bàapแพะรับบาปpɛ́-ráp-bàapscapegoatแทนtɛɛnแทนtɛɛn1instead; rather2[to] replace; substitute for3in place of; on behalf ofทีมtiimทีมtiimteam; group
When the plan failed, he was made the scapegoat for the team.
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ผู้จัดการpûu-jàt-gaanโทษtôotพนักงานpá-nák-ngaanหน้าใหม่nâa-màiเป็นแพะbpen-pɛ́ทั้งที่táng-tîiปัญหาbpan-hǎaเกิดจากgə̀ət-jàakระบบrá-bòp
The manager blamed the new employee as a scapegoat even though the problem came from the system.
รัฐบาลrát-tà-baanถูกtùukวิจารณ์wí-jaanว่าwâaใช้cháiข้าราชการkâa-râat-chá-gaanระดับล่างrá-dàp-lâangเป็นแพะbpen-pɛ́เพื่อpʉ̂ʉaเบี่ยงbìiangประเด็นbprà-denจากjàakนโยบายná-yoo-baaiที่tîiผิดพลาดpìt-plâat
The government was criticized for using lower-level officials as scapegoats to divert attention from flawed policies.
ในnaiองค์กรใหญ่ong-gɔɔn-yàiมักmákมีmiiคนkonถูกtùukปั้นbpânให้hâiเป็นbpenแพะรับผิดpɛ́-ráp-pìtเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaปกป้องbpòk-bpɔ̂ngผู้มีอำนาจpûu-mii-am-nâat
In large organizations, someone is often made a scapegoat to protect those in power.
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 endingDead syllableShort vowelA short vowel with no final consonant, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
pɛ́
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Low class + No tone mark + Dead syllable · Short vowel → High
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 | — | — |