ไม่เผาผี

Thai

Etymology

From ไม่ (mâi, “not”) +‎ เผา (pǎo, “to burn”) +‎ ผี (pǐi, “corpse”); meaning to refuse to attend the cremation rite of a dead person because of utter hatred, anger, or revenge towards that person, indicating that the person is not forgiven even after his death.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ไม่เผาผี ai m ˋ e pʰ ā pʰ ī
Phonemic		ไม่-เผา-ผี ai m ˋ – e pʰ ā – pʰ ī
Romanization	Paiboon	mâi-pǎo-pǐi
	Royal Institute	mai-phao-phi
(standard) IPA^(key)		/maj˥˩.pʰaw˩˩˦.pʰiː˩˩˦/

Verb

ไม่เผาผี • (mâi-pǎo-pǐi)

(idiomatic) to utterly hate someone; to have utter hatred, anger, or revenge towards someone.

Related terms

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