ไผ่(pài)
Meanings
1NounA2
bamboo
a fast-growing woody grass with hollow jointed stems, used for building, crafts, and as food
Examples
หลังบ้านlăng bâanหลังบ้านlăng bâan1back of the house; backyard2domestic affairs; family side (figurative)3behind-the-scenes influence (politics/business)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ปลูกbplòokปลูกbplòok1[to] plant; grow (plants)2[to] build (a house); erect; set up (structure)3[to] instill; cultivate (values/habits)ไผ่pàiไผ่pài1bamboo2Phai (given name/nickname)ไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)3so that; in order to4for later; in reserve5[to] leave (something) as is6[to] set aside; reserveหลายlăaiหลายlăai1many; several2many; numerous (as a pronoun)กอgoกอgo1clump; tuft (of plants)2classifier for clumps/bunches3cluster; bunch (grouped items)
Behind my house I planted several clumps of bamboo.
2Proper nounA2
Phai (given name/nickname)
a Thai given name or nickname for a person
Examples
นี่nêeนี่nêe1this (near the speaker)2this; this one (pronoun)3here is…; look/listen (attention-getter)คือkeuคือkeu1to be (definition/identification)2namely; that is; i.e.3focus/clarifying marker after subjectไผ่pàiไผ่pài1bamboo2Phai (given name/nickname)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsเพื่อนpêuuanเพื่อนpêuuan1friend2classmate; colleague (peer)3companion; fellowฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)
This is Phai; he is my friend.