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Blow in Thai

“Blow” in Thai is พัดpát; you'll also hear เป่าbpào (with your mouth).

พัด pát

to blow (of the wind) verb

pát high

High: start high and go a little higher, a bit tense; don’t let it fall.

เป่า bpào

to blow (with your mouth) verb

bpào low

Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.

You'll hear พัดpát in Wind (ลม).

How to use it

The wind blows with พัดpát: ลมพัดlom pát, the wind is blowing. The same word is a hand fan and fanning with it, and an electric fan is a พัดลมpát-lom, "fan the wind". Blowing with your mouth is เป่าbpào: birthday candles, a whistle, a hot spoonful of soup, and a hair dryer blows too, เป่าผมbpào pǒm, to blow-dry. Thai children settle things with เป่ายิ้งฉุบbpào-yíng-chùp, rock, paper, scissors.

Other spellings you'll see

There's no single official way to write Thai in English letters. We mark the tone of every syllable; online you'll also find:

phat
pao
bao

Read more

Song Wind (ลม) A gentle ballad that talks to the wind: it blew the woman he loves into his life and away again, and he begs it to bring her back. Its soft, old-fashioned Thai (calling out to the wind, an old word for 'you') sits beside everyday patterns: please do this for me, can you?, however long it's been, I still remember every promise.

More verbs in Thai

เป็น bpen Be in Thai
to be (a nationality, a job, a role)
มี mii Have in Thai
to have
ไป bpai Go in Thai
to go
มา maa Come in Thai
to come
กิน gin Eat in Thai
to eat
ดื่ม dùuem Drink in Thai
to drink

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Written by the Learn Thai For Free team
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