นั่งเทียน
Thai
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Etymology
From นั่ง (nâng, “to sit”) + เทียน (tiian, “candle”); literally "to sit [with/on] candle(s)".
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | นั่งเทียน n ạ ˋ ŋ e d ī y n | |
| Phonemic | นั่ง-เทียน n ạ ˋ ŋ – e d ī y n | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | nâng-tiian |
| Royal Institute | nang-thian | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /naŋ˥˩.tʰia̯n˧/ | |
Verb
นั่งเทียน • (nâng-tiian) (abstract noun การนั่งเทียน)
- to perform a divination by sitting in front of a bowl of water and interpreting drops of melted candles that fall onto the water.
- (slang, derogatory, used of information, data, news, etc) to assume; to groundlessly assert or claim; to forge, to invent, to make up.
- (slang) to perform a sexual activity through a position in which a person sits on top of another person's penis or on top of a dildo or the like.