แป้ง

Thai

Etymology

From Chinese 餅 (MC pjiengX). Cognate with Lao ແປ້ງ (pǣng).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		แป้ง æ p ˆ ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	bpɛ̂ɛng
	Royal Institute	paeng
(standard) IPA^(key)		/pɛːŋ˥˩/^(R)

Noun

แป้ง • (bpɛ̂ɛng)

meal (coarse-ground edible part of various grains).
flour; powder; starch.
talcum powder; talc.
rouge.
(colloquial) white powdered drug such as cocaine and heroin.

Derived terms

แป้งมัน (bpɛ̂ɛng-man)

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