Colours สีบานเย็น sǐi baan-yen
magenta, fuchsia adjective
- sǐi rising
- baan mid
- yen mid
- Rising: start low, dip, then rise to the top, like a doubtful “Really?”
Parts: สีsǐi colour บานเย็นbaan-yen four o'clock flower
How to use it
บานเย็นbaan-yen is the four o'clock flower, which opens in the late afternoon: its name is บานbaan, to bloom, and เย็นyen, evening. Its vivid pinkish purple gave Thai the colour word for what English calls magenta or fuchsia.
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:
- si ban yen
- ban yen
- baan yen
- banyen
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