ไม้ชัยพฤกษ์
mái chai-yá-prêuk
Meanings
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pink shower tree; Javanese cassia
an ornamental flowering tree, Cassia javanica, also called the pink shower or Javanese cassia; regarded as auspicious in Thailand.
Examples
คนไทยkon taiคนไทยkon taiThai person; Thai people; Thai nationalนิยมní-yomนิยมní-yom1[to] favor; be popular; be in vogue2popularity; fashion; vogue3-ism; ideology; doctrine4custom; accepted usageปลูกbplòokปลูกbplòok1[to] plant; grow (plants)2[to] build (a house); erect; set up (structure)3[to] instill; cultivate (values/habits)ต้นdtônต้นdtôn1tree; plant (tall/woody)2origin; source; root cause3initial; primary (as prefix)4beginning; early5stem; trunk; stalk; base6classifier: trees; plants; polesไม้ชัยพฤกษ์mái chai-yá-prêukไม้ชัยพฤกษ์mái chai-yá-prêukpink shower tree; Javanese cassiaไว้wáiไว้wái1[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; reserveหน้าบ้านnâa bâanหน้าบ้านnâa bâan1front of the house; frontage2public-facing front; facade (figurative)เพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingเชื่อว่าchêuua wâaเชื่อว่าchêuua wâa1[to] believe (that) ...2it is believed that ...เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsไม้มงคลmáai mong-konไม้มงคลmáai mong-konauspicious plant/tree
Thai people like to plant the Javanese cassia tree in front of their houses because they believe it is an auspicious plant.
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ไม้ชัยพฤกษ์mái chai-yá-prêukไม้ชัยพฤกษ์mái chai-yá-prêukpink shower tree; Javanese cassia