ไป

bpai

Meanings

1NounA1

[to] go

To move or travel away from the speaker to another place.

Examples

ผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)โรงเรียนrong rianโรงเรียนrong rian1school (institution)2school (building)ตอนเช้าdton cháaoตอนเช้าdton cháao1in the morning2morning (time period)
I go to school in the morning.
2NounA2

away; off (directional complement/particle)

Placed after a verb to indicate motion or progression away from the speaker.

Examples

ยกyókยกyók1[to] cite; invoke (as an example/reason)2[to] hold; conduct (event/ceremony); stage (a bout)3[to] waive; exempt; suspend4classifier: bout; round5[to] give; dedicate; donate6[to] promote; elevate (rank/status)7[to] lift; raiseกล่องglòngกล่องglòng1box; case; container2classifier: boxes; box-shaped containersขึ้นkêunขึ้นkêun1[to] go up; rise; ascend2[to] increase3[to] board; get on4inceptive/result: start to; become5northward/up-country6result complement: upward/betterแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)เดินไปdern bpaiเดินไปdern bpai[to] walk to [somewhere]
Lift the box and walk away.
3NounB1

(aspect) continuation into the future

Indicates that an action/state will continue from now onward (e.g., ทำต่อไปทำต่อไปtam dtò bpai[to] continue; [to] keep going ‘keep doing’).

Examples

ทำการบ้านtam gaan bâanทำการบ้านtam gaan bâan1[to] do homework2[to] prepare oneself; [to] do researchต่อไปdtòr bpaiต่อไปdtòr bpai1on; further (continue doing sth)2next; following (in order)3from now on; henceforth4next; subsequentนะnáนะná1[!] persuasive/confirming particle2[!] softener; friendly particle3[!] attention-getter (initial position)ครับkrápครับkráp1polite particle (male speaker)2acknowledgment/response particle
Keep doing your homework.
4NounB1

gone; past (serial verb use)

Used after verbs to indicate completion and departure, or something has passed/gone (e.g., ผ่านไปผ่านไปpàan bpai1[to] pass by; go past2[to] elapse; go by (time)3[to] be over; pass; move on (figurative) ‘pass by; has passed’).

Examples

เวลาway-laaเวลาway-laa1time2time; period; occasion3when; at the time (that)4time (classifier) [rare/idiomatic]ผ่านไปpàan bpaiผ่านไปpàan bpai1[to] pass by; go past2[to] elapse; go by (time)3[to] be over; pass; move on (figurative)หนึ่งnèungหนึ่งnèung1one (number)2a; one (single)3certain; particular4first; top; foremost5one (with classifier)ชั่วโมงchûua-mohngชั่วโมงchûua-mohng1hour (60 minutes)2classifier: hours of timeเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)รอrorรอror1[to] wait2[to] wait for; awaitอยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remain
An hour has passed, and we are still waiting.