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| โป่ง bpo:hngL |  |
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| 1. | โป่ง | bpo:hngL | [as a balloon] to swell or inflate |
| 2. | โป่ง | bpo:hngL | [general] balloon |
| 3. | ลูกโป่ง | luukF bpo:hngL | small balloon |
| 4. | โป่ง | bpo:hngL | salt lick |
| 5. | โป่ง | bpo:hngL | a forest of tall trees |
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| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | โป่ง |
| IPA | pòːŋ |
| Royal Thai General System | pong |
| 1. [verb, intransitive] | |||
| definition | [as a balloon] to swell or inflate | ||
| synonyms | นูน  | nuunM | [is] convex; bulging out; curving out; swollen |
| โน | no:hM | to swell out; to bulge; to protrude | |
| ปุ่มป่ำ | bpoomL bpamL | [is] covered with bumps or swellings | |
| ปูด | bpuutL | to swell; to bulge | |
| พอง | phaawngM | [is] inflated; filled up | |
| examples | โป่งออก | bpo:hngL aawkL | to balloon (up or out) |
| โป่งพอง | bpo:hngL phaawngM | to swell up, distend | |
| 2. [noun] | |||
| definition | [general] balloon | ||
| 3. ลูกโป่ง luukF bpo:hngL [noun] | |||
| definition | small balloon | ||
| examples | ลูกโป่งสวรรค์  | luukF bpo:hngL saL wanR | toy balloon; helium-filled baloon |
| ลูกโป่งน้ำ | luukF bpo:hngL naamH | water balloon | |
| ลูกโป่งลอยฟ้า | luukF bpo:hngL laawyM faaH | helium-filled balloon | |
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| 4. [noun] | |||
| definition | salt lick | ||
| classifier | ที่ | theeF | [numerical classifier for a location; a place, altar, armed forces, ashtray, beach, bridge, brothel, bruise, burn on skin, insect bites, breakfast cereals] [formal classifier for meals] |
| sample sentences | แต่นั้นแหละหากกระแสลมไม่เป็นใจ พัดจากบังไพรไปทางโป่ง หรือต้นไม้ที่ออกลูกสุก ทิศทางที่สัตว์ป่าอยู่ ก็จะพบกับสภาพซึ่งต้องเฝ้ารออยู่กับความว่างเปล่า dtaaeL nanH laeL haakL graL saaeR lohmM maiF bpenM jaiM phatH jaakL bangM phraiM bpaiM thaangM bpo:hngL reuuR dtohnF maaiH theeF aawkL luukF sookL thitH thaangM theeF satL bpaaL yuuL gaawF jaL phohpH gapL saL phaapF seungF dtawngF faoF raawM yuuL gapL khwaamM waangF bplaaoL "Despite this, if the direction of the wind is unfavorable and it blows from my hiding place toward the salt lick or the trees holding ripe fruit, where the animals are located, I am left waiting empty-handed." | ||
ในโป่งช้างมักขุดเอาดินข้างล่างขึ้นมา สัตว์อื่น ๆ ก็ได้กินสะดวกขึ้น naiM bpo:hngL chaangH makH khootL aoM dinM khaangF laangF kheunF maaM satL euunL gaawF daiF ginM saL duaakL kheunF "At the saltlicks, the elephants dig up the earth below the surface so that other animals can access [the salt] more easily." | |||
| 5. [noun] | |||
| definition | a forest of tall trees | ||
| example | ผีโป่ง | pheeR bpo:hngL | a spirit of the forest |
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