เทียบ

Thai

Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemicเทียบ
e d ī y ɓ
RomanizationPaiboontîiap
Royal Institutethiap
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰia̯p̚˥˩/

Etymology 1

Compare Khmer ធៀប (tʰiəp), Lao ທຽບ (thīap).

Verb

เทียบ • (tîiap) (abstract noun การเทียบ)

  1. to bring, come, or place alongside, close to, or near (someone or something)
    เอาเรือเทียบท่า
    Place the boat near the port.
    รถไฟเทียบชานชาลา
    The train comes close to the platform.
  2. to compare
    เอาผ้ามาเทียบกัน
    Compare these pieces of cloth.
    ไม่มีใครเทียบเขาได้
    No one can compare with him.
  3. to prepare
    เทียบสำรับ
    tîiap sǎm-ráp
    Prepare a meal.
  4. to taste any edible thing (food, medicine, etc.) so as to detect any unfavourable substance (poison, impurity, etc.) in that thing, before allowing it to be presented to someone
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Hakka [Term?]; compare Mandarin 帖 (tiē).

Classifier

เทียบ • (tîiap)

  1. Classifier for a set of traditional Chinese drugs.

Noun

เทียบ • (tîiap)

  1. (colloquial) invitation card; invitation letter
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