เงียบ

Cognate with Lao ງຽບ (ngīap).

เงียบ • (ngîiap) (abstract noun ความเงียบ)

1. lacking sound, voice, or noise: mute, silent, quiet, voiceless, noiseless, speechless, etc.
2. quiet: saying little.
3. (figurative) quiet: still, motionless, inactive, unlively, unbusy, etc.

   ตลาดหลักทรัพย์เงียบ

   dtà-làat-làk-sáp ngîiap

   The stock market is quiet (due to an economic recession, for instance).

4. (figurative) quiet: not active, not showy, passive, silent, etc.

   พลังเงียบ

   pá-lang ngîiap

   silent majority
   (literally) quiet power; silent power

เงียบ • (ngîiap) (abstract noun ความเงียบ)

1. without making sound, voice, or noise: silently, quietly, etc.
2. without the knowledge of others: secretly, in secret, etc.
3. (figurative) without active or showy participation or role: quietly, inactively, silently, etc.

   สนับสนุนเงียบ ๆ

   sà-nàp-sà-nǔn ngîiap ngîiap

   to quietly support (someone or something)

เงียบ • (ngîiap) (abstract noun การเงียบ)

1. to silence; to be or become silent or less loud.

   เงียบปาก

   ngîiap bpàak

   to shut up (a command of silence)
   (literally) to silence (your) mouth

2. (of a situation of violence, turmoil, disturbance, embarrassment, scandal, etc) to calm down.

เงียบ • (ngîiap)

1. a command or request of silence: silence, be silent, be quiet, etc.