News and societyregulations, rules; order, tidiness noun
- rá high
- bìap low
- High: start high and go a little higher, a bit tense; don’t let it fall.
- Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
How to use it
ระเบียบrá-bìap is the rules and regulations of an organisation: a school, an office, a government department. Breaking them is ผิดระเบียบpìt rá-bìap, and Thai schools have ระเบียบrá-bìap on everything from uniforms to haircuts.
The word also means order and tidiness: a neat room or an orderly queue is เป็นระเบียบbpen rá-bìap. The rules of a game or a contest are กติกาgà-dtì-gaa.
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:
- rabeab
- rabiab
- pen rabiap
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Written by the Learn Thai For Free team
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