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| ลิง lingM |  |
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| 1. | ลิง | lingM | monkey |
| 2. | ปีลิง | bpeeM lingM | year of the Monkey |
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| Phonemic Thai | ลิง |
| IPA | liŋ |
| Royal Thai General System | ling |
1.  [noun] | |||
| definition | monkey | ||
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| classifier | ตัว  | dtuaaM | [numerical classifier for digits, bodies, shirts, pants, suits, animals, fish, germs, chairs, tables, desks, software title] |
| categories | |||
| synonyms | จ๋อ  | jaawR | chimp; ape; monkey |
| อ้ายจ๋อ | aaiF jaawR | male ape | |
| examples | ลิงชิมแพนซี | lingM chimM phaaenM seeM | chimpanzee |
| ลิงกอริลล่า | lingM gaawM rinM laaF | gorilla | |
| ทำลิง | thamM lingM | to act foolishly | |
| ลิงชิงหลัก | lingM chingM lakL | [name of a traditional Thai game/entertainment in the past] | |
| ฤๅษีเลี้ยงลิง | reuuM seeR liiangH lingM | to bring up unruly children — "Like herding cats." | |
| กางเกงลิง | gaangM gaehngM lingM | underpants; trunks; legless-short | |
| ฤๅษีเลี้ยงลิง | reuuM seeR liiangH lingM | [literal] “a hermit shepherding monkeys” | |
| ฤๅษีเลี้ยงลิง | reuuM seeR liiangH lingM | [metaphor] a government of overachieving but uncontrollable leaders. | |
| ลิงแสม | lingM saL maaeR | crab-eating monkey | |
| ลิงแก้แห | lingM gaaeF haaeR | (creating) confusion and havoc; [lit.] a monkey trying to repair a fishing net | |
| หวายลิง | waaiR lingM | wai-ling tree, Flagellaria indica | |
| แก้มลิง | gaaemF lingM | water retention basin | |
| เชือดไก่ให้ลิงดู | cheuuatF gaiL haiF lingM duuM | to exact public punishment on someone; cause fear among the public by singling out a few for punishment | |
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| as a prefix | ลิงจุ่น | lingM joonL | Bengal slow loris Nycticebus bengalensis |
| ลิงวอก | lingM waawkF | rhesus macaque | |
| ลิงอุรังอุตัง | lingM ooL rangM ooL dtangM | orangutan; orang-utan | |
| 2. ปีลิง bpeeM lingM [noun, proper noun, colloquial] | |||
| definition | year of the Monkey | ||
| categories | |||
| related word | ปีวอก | bpeeM waawkF | the Monkey; the nineth year of the Chinese astrological cycle, marked by the symbol of a monkey |
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