ไม้หนีบ
máai-nìipMeaning
1NounA2
clothespin; peg
a clip, often made of wood or plastic, used for fastening clothes to a line to dry; a clothespin or clothes peg.
Examples
แม่mɛ̂ɛแม่mɛ̂ɛ1mother; mom2form of address for a woman (traditional/familiar)3prefix: female; main; baseใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] tell [sb] to do [sth]; assign; orderไม้máaiไม้máai1wood; timber2stick; rod; club; bat3classifier: skewers of food4tone/diacritic mark (Thai orthography)5tool; implementหนีบหนีบnìip-nìipหนีบหนีบnìip-nìip1[to] pinch; nip (repeatedly)2pinching; tight (feeling)ผ้าpâaผ้าpâa1cloth; fabric; textile2cloth item
Mom uses a clothespin to clip the clothes.
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ฉันchǎnตากdtàakผ้าpâaเมื่อเช้าmʉ̂ʉa-cháoแต่dtɛ̀ɛลมแรงlom-rɛɛngจนjonไม้หนีบmáai-nìipหลุดไปlùt-bpaiอันanหนึ่งnʉ̀ng
I hung the laundry this morning, but the wind was so strong that one of the clothespins came off.
We need to buy more clothespins because the old ones are all broken.
นอกจากnôk jàakจะjàใช้cháiหนีบnèepผ้าpâaแล้วláeoเด็กๆdèk dèkยังyangเอาaoไม้หนีบmáai nèepมาmaaต่อกันdtò ganเล่นlênเป็นbpenของเล่นkŏng lênต่างๆdtàang-dtàang
Besides being used for clipping clothes, children also connect clothespins to make various toys.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markMai tho
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
máai
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Low class + Mai tho → High
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 | — | — |
Word Breakdown
ไม้máaiไม้máai1wood; timber2stick; rod; club; bat3classifier: skewers of food4tone/diacritic mark (Thai orthography)5tool; implementwood; timberPart 1
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หนีบnìipหนีบnìip1[to] pinch; clamp2[to] fasten with a clip/peg3[to] tuck under the arm; carry under the arm4[to] straighten with a flat iron (hair)[to] pinch; clampPart 2
ไม้หนีบmáai-nìipไม้หนีบmáai-nìipclothespin; pegclothespin; pegWord