Food and drinkflour; powder noun
- bpâeng falling
- Falling: start high and drop clearly, like a firm “No!”
How to use it
แป้งbpâeng is flour, starch and powder alike: wheat flour is แป้งสาลีbpâeng sǎa-lii, rice flour แป้งข้าวเจ้าbpâeng kâao-jâo, and pizza dough is แป้งbpâeng too. Many Thais dust powder on after a shower to stay fresh in the heat, especially the cooling prickly-heat kind, แป้งเย็นbpâeng yen, "cold powder". At Songkran, people dab white paste on each other's faces: ปะแป้งbpà bpâeng.
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:
- paeng sali
More food and drink in Thai
All food and drink- ข้าว kâao Rice
- ข้าวเหนียว kâao-nǐaw Sticky rice
- ข้าวเหนียวมะม่วง kâao-nǐaw má-mûang Mango sticky rice
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