บีบคั้น

Thai

Etymology

From บีบ (bìip, “to squeeze; to compress; to juice; etc”) +‎ คั้น (kán, idem).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		บีบคั้น ɓ ī ɓ g ạ ˆ n
Phonemic		บีบ-คั้น ɓ ī ɓ – g ạ ˆ n
Romanization	Paiboon	bìip-kán
	Royal Institute	bip-khan
(standard) IPA(key)		/biːp̚˨˩.kʰan˦˥/(R)

Verb

บีบคั้น • (bìip-kán) (abstract noun การบีบคั้น or ความบีบคั้น)

1. to pressure; to constrain; to force; to coerce; to compel; to oppress.
2. to affect distressingly or painfully: to wring, to wrench, etc.