Thai edit

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicปี้
p ī ˆ
RomanizationPaiboonbpîi
Royal Institutepi
(standard) IPA(key)/piː˥˩/(R)

Etymology 1 edit

Derived from Hokkien (, currency; money).[1]

Noun edit

ปี้ (bpîi)

  1. (archaic) gaming token.
  2. (historical) piece of lac resin, affixed with an official seal, tied to a wrist of a Chinese person as a sign of having paid a tax.
  3. (archaic, figurative) feat, accomplishment, exploit; merit, goodness, worth.

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

ปี้ (bpîi) (abstract noun การปี้)

  1. (vulgar, used of animals, offensive if applied to humans) to have sex.

References edit

  1. ^ SEAlang Library (n.d.) “Notes on Modern Chinese Loanwords in Thai”, in sealang.net[1]