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| ผี pheeR |  |
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| 1. | ผี | pheeR | ghost; spirit |
| 2. | ผี ๆ | pheeR pheeR | ghosts |
| 3. | ผี | pheeR | [pertaining to sorcery] spiritual |
| 4. | ผี | pheeR | [pertaining to religion] animism |
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| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | ผี |
| IPA | pʰǐː |
| Royal Thai General System | phi |
1.  [noun] | |||
| definition | ghost; spirit | ||
| classifier | ตน  | dtohnM | [numerical classifier for angel, demon] |
| categories | |||
| synonyms | ปิศาจ | bpiL saatL | devil, monster, evil spirit |
ผีสาง | pheeR saangR | evil demon; devil spirit | |
| สาง | saangR | ghost; spirit; spook; apparition; spectre; wraith | |
| examples | ผีพุ่งไต้ | pheeR phoongF dtaiF | falling star; shooting star; meteor |
| ปล้ำผีลุกปลุกผีนั่ง | bplamF pheeR lookH bplookL pheeR nangF | to resurrect the dead | |
| ผีเจ้าที่ | pheeR jaoF theeF | spirit of a place or an object | |
| ผีบ้าน | pheeR baanF | spirit of a house | |
| เรื่องผี | reuuangF pheeR | a ghost story | |
| หนังผี | nangR pheeR | ghost, horror or scary movie; "The Exorcist" type of movie | |
| ผีดิบแฟรงเก็นสไตน์ | pheeR dipL fraaengM genM saL dtaiM | the Frankenstein monster | |
| ผีดิบ | pheeR dipL | a zombie; the uncremated dead; the spirit of an uncremated dead | |
| ผีดิบ | pheeR dipL | someone whose face or behaviour shows no feeling, deference, understanding, or interest in what is going on around them | |
| ผีญี่ปุ่น | pheeR yeeF bpoonL | Japanese ghost | |
| ฝากผีฝากไข้ | faakL pheeR faakL khaiF | to ask to take care of one during sickness; to rely (on a daughter) in old age | |
| วิชาหมอผี | wiH chaaM maawR pheeR | sorcery | |
| หมอผี | maawR pheeR | socerer; witch-doctor; magician black magician; voodoo doctor; exorcist | |
| พิธีเซ่นผีปะกำ | phiH theeM senF pheeR bpaL gamM | [กวย (Suay) language] [of สุรินทร์ (Surin Province)] an auspicious act or ceremony of worshipping a family's guardian spirit by the animistic กวย (Suay) people before, for example, getting married or looping the elephants. (See Notes for an additional Thai anecdote). | |
| ผิดผี | phitL pheeR | to violate custom or tradition; [especially] to have pre-marital relations with a woman from the north or northeast of Thailand | |
| ผีดูดเลือด | pheeR duutL leuuatF | vampire; blood-sucking creature | |
| ผีเรือน | pheeR reuuanM | benevolent spirit which dwells in the household | |
| ผีเสื้อสมุทร | pheeR seuuaF saL mootL | water-borne demon | |
| ถูกผีอำ | thuukL pheeR amM | to be possessed by an evil spirit while asleep; to experience suffocating feelings or a nightmare while asleep | |
| ถูกผีหลอก | thuukL pheeR laawkL | to be frightened (or spooked) by a ghost, phantom, specter or evil spirit (that haunts a place) | |
| ผีหลอก วิญญาณหลอน | pheeR laawkL winM yaanM laawnR | [Thai name of the movie "The Exorcist"] | |
| ไล่ผี | laiF pheeR | to exorcize an evil spirit | |
| บ้านผีสิง | baanF pheeR singR | a haunted house, a spooky house | |
| ดีวีดีหนังผี | deeM weeM deeM nangR pheeR | Thai ghost movie DVDs | |
| ผีปีศาจ | pheeR bpeeM saatL | ghost; genii; spirit; demon | |
| ผีตายโหง | pheeR dtaaiM ho:hngR | spirit of a person who died violently | |
| ผีปอบ | pheeR bpaawpL | spirit; ghost; ogre; ghost which feeds on human entrails [ghosts, demons, and monsters] | |
| ผีโป่ง | pheeR bpo:hngL | a spirit of the forest | |
| ผีตองเหลือง | pheeR dtaawngM leuuangR | Phi Tong Leuang, [Thai appelation of] the Mlabri ethnic minority group in northern Thailand | |
| ตีนผี | dteenM pheeR | speedy driver | |
| ผีแดง | pheeR daaengM | Thai name for the Manchester United F.C. (Greater Manchester) | |
| ผีสาง | pheeR saangR | evil demon; devil spirit | |
| ผีไม่มีศาล | pheeR maiF meeM saanR | [metaphor] wandering; without a fixed place to live; without permanent residence | |
| ตีนผี | dteenM pheeR | sewing machine foot | |
| ศาสนาผี | saatL saL naaR pheeR | belief in folk spirits; animism | |
| ตั๋วผี | dtuaaR pheeR | ticket bought from a scalper; resold ticket | |
| ลูกผีลูกคน | luukF pheeR luukF khohnM | [is] uncertain | |
| ผีซ้ำกรรมซัด | pheeR samH gamM satH | to add insult to injury; make matters even worse | |
| ผีเข้าผีออก | pheeR khaoF pheeR aawkL | [is] erratic; inconsistent; subject to mood swings | |
| เผาผี | phaoR pheeR | to cremate | |
| ผีตายทั้ง ๆกลม | pheeR dtaaiM thangH thangH glohmM | ghost of a woman who died while pregnant | |
| มือผี | meuuM pheeR | a card player [added to fill out a table] | |
| sample sentences | |||
มนุษย์มีความเชื่อถือผีกันมาแต่ดึกดำบรรพ์ maH nootH meeM khwaamM cheuuaF theuuR pheeR ganM maaM dtaaeL deukL damM banM "Humans have believed in spirits and ghosts since prehistoric times." | |||
เรื่องผีดุ บางแพรกเหนือ reuuangF pheeR dooL baangM phraaekF neuuaR This is a intense story about evil spirits. | |||
| as a prefix | ผีกระสือ | pheeR graL seuuR | female filth-eating wraith in Thai folklore; ignis fatuus; will-o'-the-wisp, a flitting phosphorescence seen over marshes at night |
| ผีกระหัง | pheeR graL hangR | male filth-eating wraith in Thai folklore who used a pair of กระด้ง to help him fly at night | |
| ผีตานี | pheeR dtaaM neeM | a kind of long-haired female ghost believed to inhabit banana trees | |
| ผีโพง | pheeR pho:hngM | evil ghost | |
| ผีอารักษ์ | pheeR aaM rakH | guardian spirit of a community or household | |
| 2. ผี ๆ pheeR pheeR [noun, plural] | |||
| definition | ghosts | ||
| example | รวมเรื่องผี ๆ | ruaamM reuuangF pheeR pheeR | a collection of ghost stories |
| 3. [adjective] | |||
| definition | [pertaining to sorcery] spiritual | ||
| 4. [noun] | |||
| definition | [pertaining to religion] animism | ||
| sample sentence | พูดกันมานานแล้วว่า ศาสนาในเมืองไทยนั้นเป็นผลมาจากการผสมกลมกลืนระหว่างพุทธ, พราหมณ์ และผี phuutF ganM maaM naanM laaeoH waaF saatL saL naaR naiM meuuangM thaiM nanH bpenM phohnR maaM jaakL gaanM phaL sohmR glohmM gleuunM raH waangL phootH phraamM laeH pheeR "We have long believed that religion in Thailand is a harmonious blend of Buddhism, Brahmanism [Hinduism], and animism." | ||
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