ไผๆ
păi păiMeaning
1PronounB1
anyone; everybody
anyone; everybody; whoever. This is a Northern Thai dialect equivalent of the standard Thai ใครๆใครๆkrai krai1everyone; people in general2anyone at all; just anyone (khrai-khrai).
Examples
เรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3classifier for stories/films/cases4about; regarding (as a topic marker)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ไผๆpăi păiไผๆpăi păianyone; everybodyก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3conditional marker (if… then…)4well; after all (emphasis/justification)5topic/resumption markerฮู้hûuฮู้hûu1[to] know (Northern/Isan dialect)2yoo-hoo!; hey! (calling out)กั๋นgănกั๋นgăn1each other; one another2together; jointly3[to] prevent; block; protect; separateหมดmòtหมดmòt1all gone; none left2[to] run out; be used up3completely; entirely4in total; altogether
Everybody knows about this matter.
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Anyone who visits Chiang Mai has to go to Doi Suthep.
She is a kind person, so everybody loves her.
ในnaiสถานการณ์sà-tăa-ná-gaanจะอี้jà-êeนะnáไผๆpăi păiก็gâwต้องdtôngเอาaoตั๋วdtŭuaรอดrôotไว้ก่อนwái gòn
In a situation like this, everyone has to save themselves first.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is ไผๆ said ไผ-ไผ?
păi păi
Thai spelling does not always show how a word sounds. This is how it is said.
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classHigh class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableThe vowel ไ hides a final -ย, so it is live.
High class consonants
ขฃฉฐถผฝศษสห
Result
Rising tone
păi
Dips low first, then rises clearly.
High class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Rising
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 | — | — |