โปง(bpohng)
Meanings
1NounB2
wooden signal board/gong
a wooden board hung and struck to signal time or call people, especially at temples or in villages (ไม้โปง, โปงยาม)
Examples
ตอนเช้ามืดdton cháo mêutตอนเช้ามืดdton cháo mêutearly dawn; before sunriseฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ได้ยินdâi-yinได้ยินdâi-yin1[to] hear2[to] hear of; be told; learn (by hearing)เสียงsĭiangเสียงsĭiang1sound; noise2voice3vote4tone; timbre5phonetic toneตีdteeตีdtee1[to] swat; smack (insects/objects)2[to] forge; hammer (metal)3[to] print; stamp; imprint4[to] estimate; reckon; guess (roughly)5[to] interpret; construe; take as6[to] chase away; drive off7o'clock (ตี + number, night hours)8[to] hit; strike; beat9[to] play (percussion); strike (a gong/drum)โปงbpohngโปงbpohngwooden signal board/gongจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)วัดwátวัดwát1to gauge; assess2Buddhist temple3to measureใกล้บ้านglâi bâanใกล้บ้านglâi bâannear (one's) home; nearby homeเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofปลุกbplùkปลุกbplùk1[to] wake [sb] up2[to] rouse; stir upพระpráพระprá1Buddhist monk2honorific prefix/title3divine; holy (as modifier)4Buddha image; amuletมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerทำวัตรtam wátทำวัตรtam wát[to] perform monastic chantingเช้าcháaoเช้าcháao1morning2morning; early-morning3in the morning
In the early morning, I heard the sound of the pong being struck from the nearby temple to wake the monks for morning chants.