Signification
Cutting one's hair.
Contexte culturel
The 'Head' is considered the highest and most sacred part of the body. You should never touch a barber's head or anyone else's head while discussing haircuts. Many Burmese people avoid cutting their hair on their birthday (e.g., a Monday-born avoiding haircuts on Mondays) to prevent bad luck. The 'Shinbyu' ceremony involves shaving the head completely. This is a different verb ('yeit' or 'tone') but is the most significant 'hair event' in a male's life. Barbershops are traditional male social spaces. It is common to see men sitting and chatting for hours, even after their haircut is finished.
Add 'Thwar'
Add 'thwar' (go) to say 'going to get a haircut' - ဆံပင်သွားညှပ်မယ်။
Avoid Birthdays
Check if it's your birth-day of the week before going to a traditional shop!
Signification
Cutting one's hair.
Add 'Thwar'
Add 'thwar' (go) to say 'going to get a haircut' - ဆံပင်သွားညှပ်မယ်။
Avoid Birthdays
Check if it's your birth-day of the week before going to a traditional shop!
The 'To-To' Rule
If you want a standard short cut, just say 'To-to nyat pay par'.
Tipping
Tipping isn't mandatory in local shops, but rounding up the bill is appreciated.
Teste-toi
Fill in the correct verb for cutting hair.
ကျွန်တော် ဆံပင် ____ ချင်တယ်။
'Nyat' is the specific verb used for cutting with scissors/clipping hair.
Which of these means 'Barbershop'?
Choose the correct word:
'San-pin-nyat' (haircut) + 'Saing' (shop) = Barbershop.
Complete the dialogue at the barber.
Barber: ဘယ်လိုညှပ်ပေးရမလဲ? (How should I cut it?) Customer: ________ ညှပ်ပေးပါ။
'To-to' means 'short', a common instruction for a haircut.
Match the phrase to the situation.
Situation: You see a friend with a new look.
This is the standard compliment for a new haircut.
🎉 Score : /4
Aides visuelles
Hair Tools
Tools
- • ကတ်ကြေး (Scissors)
- • ဘီး (Comb)
- • မှန် (Mirror)
Banque d exercices
4 exercicesကျွန်တော် ဆံပင် ____ ချင်တယ်။
'Nyat' is the specific verb used for cutting with scissors/clipping hair.
Choose the correct word:
'San-pin-nyat' (haircut) + 'Saing' (shop) = Barbershop.
Barber: ဘယ်လိုညှပ်ပေးရမလဲ? (How should I cut it?) Customer: ________ ညှပ်ပေးပါ။
'To-to' means 'short', a common instruction for a haircut.
Situation: You see a friend with a new look.
This is the standard compliment for a new haircut.
🎉 Score : /4
Questions fréquentes
10 questionsNo, for animals we usually use 'A-mway-nyat' (fur-cut).
No, for monks, use the royal/religious term 'Thone' (shave).
You can say 'A-fyar-nyat' (cut the tips).
It is called 'San-pin-nyat-saing'.
Yes, but they might also use 'San-pin-pone-thwin' for styling.
Yes, it implies the clipping action of scissors or clippers.
Yes, 'ဆံပင်ကိုယ်တိုင်ညှပ်တယ်' (I cut it myself).
Say 'Moke-seik-yeit-chin-te' (I want to shave my beard).
It is written 'San-pin' but often pronounced 'Sa-bin' in casual speech.
'Phat' is for severing things like string or a connection; it sounds violent for hair.
Expressions liées
ဆံပင်ရိတ်
similarTo shave hair
ဆံပင်ညှပ်ဆိုင်
builds onBarbershop
ဆံပင်ဆေးဆိုး
similarTo dye hair
ဆံပင်လျှော်
similarTo wash hair
ကတုံးတုံး
specialized formTo shave head bald
