ปิ้ง
grill (food)
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- 1 grill (food)、toast (bread)
This word means to cook food by exposing it fairly directly to fire or heat, usually for a relatively short time. It is commonly used for skewered meat, fish, bread, and bananas.
grill (food)、toast (bread)
To cook food close to a flame or other heat source, often until the outside is browned or crisp. With bread, it means “to toast.”
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กำลังปิ้งปลาอยู่ kamlaŋ pîŋ plaa yùu I’m grilling fish right now. กำลังปิ้งปลาอยู่ details
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ช่วยปิ้งขนมปังให้หน่อย chûay pîŋ khanǒmpaŋ hây nɔ̀ɔy Could you toast some bread for me? ช่วยปิ้งขนมปังให้หน่อย details
Learning notes
Explanation
ปิ้ง is an everyday cooking verb. It evokes placing food fairly close to charcoal, a flame, a grill, or a toaster so that direct heat cooks and browns it. It is especially common with skewered meat, fish, bread, and bananas. In the order ปิ้ง + food, it describes the action, as in ปิ้งหมู, “grill pork.” In food + ปิ้ง, it often names the cooked dish, as in หมูปิ้ง, “grilled pork skewers,” or ขนมปังปิ้ง, “toast.” Its range overlaps with ย่าง, but ปิ้ง is particularly common for smaller or relatively dry foods cooked near the heat for a fairly short time.
Usage
It is common when ordering grilled skewers such as หมูปิ้ง from a street vendor, grilling meat or fish at home or at a barbecue, and toasting bread for breakfast. Dish names frequently use the pattern food + ปิ้ง.
Caution
Do not use ปิ้ง for every kind of cooking: ผัด is used for stir-frying, ทอด for frying, ต้ม for boiling, and อบ for baking or roasting with enclosed heat. Also, the colloquial verb ปิ๊ง, meaning to have a sudden idea or feel an instant spark of attraction, has a different tone mark and should not be confused with ปิ้ง.
Differences from similar words
1 grill (food) synonyms
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ย่าง is a general word for grilling or roasting meat, fish, and other foods, including cooking them more slowly. ปิ้ง often suggests relatively quick cooking near the heat and is especially common with small items, skewers, and toast. The two can overlap in the names of grilled dishes.
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อบ means to bake or roast using enclosed or surrounding heat, such as in an oven. ปิ้ง involves more direct exposure to a flame or heat source.