แบบ

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicแบบ
æ ɓ ɓ
RomanizationPaiboonbɛ̀ɛp
Royal Institutebaep
(standard) IPA(key)/bɛːp̚˨˩/(R)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Chinese (MC pjop). Cognate with Vietnamese phép, Lao ແບບ (bǣp), Northern Thai ᨷᩯ᩠ᨷ, Khmer បែប (baep).

Noun

แบบ • (bɛ̀ɛp)

  1. form; pattern; design; model; template.
  2. (chiefly in combination) example; instance.
  3. form; shape.
  4. method; way; procedure.
  5. style; manner; fashion.
  6. norm; custom; convention.
  7. (fashion) model

Conjunction

แบบ • (bɛ̀ɛp)

  1. like; as; such as; in the way of; in the manner of.

Adverb

แบบ • (bɛ̀ɛp)

  1. (colloquial) sort of; kind of.

Classifier

แบบ • (bɛ̀ɛp)

  1. Classifier for styles, patterns, models, forms. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

แบบ • (bɛ̀ɛp) (abstract noun การแบบ)

  1. to be in a state of severe prostration (as from illness, serious injury)
Derived terms
  • นอนแบบ
  • บอบแบบ
  • แบบบาง

Further reading

  • แบบ” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.