engrin Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 My TW likes to follow some words with "cheep hai" Lone (hot) cheep hai Bah (crazy) cheep hai What does "cheep hai" mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdinasia Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 (edited) lone? = hot? do you mean rawn(ron)? Edited September 30, 2008 by jdinasia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
engrin Posted September 30, 2008 Author Share Posted September 30, 2008 yes, ron = hot but what does "cheep hai" mean??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdinasia Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 care to give an entire sentence? In Thai would be best. the closest I can make out might be a colloquialism meaning roughly 'it makes me' ie: it makes me crazy ... it makes me hot ... (tham hai pen baa) ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotcom Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 It is very bad Thai. If I said it my wife would likely slap me. Suffice to say it's swearing. If I were you I would not adopt that particular phrase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdinasia Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 It is very bad Thai.If I said it my wife would likely slap me. Suffice to say it's swearing. If I were you I would not adopt that particular phrase. That could explain why I don't know it, I know almost no vulgar thai language, it still strikes me as not as vulgar but more informal and possibly insulting. I'll ask my partner when he gets home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbk Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Not a polite phrase at all. It can mean a very vulgar "really really" -- ex rohn jip hai, really <deleted> hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5tash Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 (edited) ฉิบหาย (chipL haaiR). Not polite at all. As mentioned before it means something along the lines of "really <deleted>/dam_n hot". I think I've also heard ฉิบปิ๊ง (chipL bingH) used, slightly politer. Edited September 30, 2008 by 5tash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
engrin Posted September 30, 2008 Author Share Posted September 30, 2008 OK, thanks for the info She learned its f *%$@ ing hot from me! I should stop saying that and she'll probably stop saying cheep hai.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdinasia Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 concur with the above, the partner says it is extremely informal yet not vulgar, he wouldn't use it at the office or even with his close friends as it comes across as gutter talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikker Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 My wife considers this คำหยาบ, however you want to translate that (he said from foolish experience). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aanon Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 (edited) it's not a bad rule of thumb for a learner of thai to avoid using the word ฉิบหาย. as others have pointed out, in the expressions mentioned above, it amplifies the adjective and is definitely vulgar/coarse: eg. rawn ร้อน hot rawn chip hai ร้อนฉิบหาย <deleted>' hot as 5tash mentioned, there is also ฉิบเป้ง or ฉิบเป๋ง 'chip peng', used in the same way. however, the word also has a legitimate meaning, given by domnern-sathienpong dictionary as "to be ruined; to be utterly destroyed". to take an example from Google: ความริษยาพาโลกฉิบหาย 'envy will lead us [the world] to ruin.' to take a saying: เพื่อชื่อเสียง ฉิบหายไม่ว่า 'for the sake of reputation, there is no cost too great' (lit. for the sake of reputation, i can accept total ruin) therefore, don't use ฉิบหาย yourself, but don't be too surprised when a monk uses the word in a sermon. all the best. Edited October 1, 2008 by aanon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klons Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 The wife used to use Cheep Hai on me 30 years ago and I still don't know what it means. Also a couple of facial words below which I do know the meaning of. Nowadays ( ปัจจุบันนี้ ( bpàt-jòo-ban née )) she just swears at me in English. ตบหน้า ( dtòp nâa ) หน้าหี (nâa - hĕe ) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meadish_sweetball Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 The last one is extremely rude. I hesitate to leave it here in case somebody thinks it would be a good idea to try it out. DON'T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikker Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 In my experience, ฉิบหาย is usually pronounced ชิบหาย (and is sometimes spelled this way in internet slang), with emphasis on the syllable ชิบ. I've also received an earful from the Mrs. when I've tried to use this expression even between the two of us. She doesn't like it. ฉิบเป๋ง (again, usually pronounced ชิบเป๋ง in my experience) is much milder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotcom Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 If your wife uses it out in public - in front of strangers it will be HER who loses face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvc Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 I've heard the expression used quite a lot, both in public and private, although nearly always in the context of close friends talking to one another. I remember visiting a Thai female friend in hospital on the day after the birth of her daughter. As she moved to sit up in bed to greet me she said with a pained expression on her face: เจ็บตัวชิบหาย Her husband and the other Thais present just laughed sympathetically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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