意思
Requesting to shut the door.
文化背景
Leaving a door open in an air-conditioned room is considered wasteful and slightly rude. Always close the door behind you. In villages, doors are often left open during the day to show hospitality. Closing them might signal that the family is sleeping or wants no visitors. During certain Buddhist ceremonies at home, doors are kept open to allow the 'good energy' or 'Nats' (spirits) to enter freely. A 'closed-door' meeting (တံခါးပိတ်အစည်းအဝေး) is a standard term for high-level confidential discussions.
The 'Favor' Particle
Always use 'pay' (ပေး) if you want to sound extra nice. 'Taga peit pay pa' is the gold standard.
Don't Shout
Burmese is a tonal language, but shouting 'Peit!' can sound like an angry command. Keep your tone level.
意思
Requesting to shut the door.
The 'Favor' Particle
Always use 'pay' (ပေး) if you want to sound extra nice. 'Taga peit pay pa' is the gold standard.
Don't Shout
Burmese is a tonal language, but shouting 'Peit!' can sound like an angry command. Keep your tone level.
Body Language
A small nod while saying this phrase goes a long way in Myanmar culture.
The 'Lite' Nuance
Use 'lite' (လိုက်) if the door is banging or there's an immediate need to shut it.
自我测试
Which is the most polite way to ask a stranger to close the door?
Asking a stranger in a taxi:
Adding 'ပေး' (pay) makes it a request for a favor, which is most polite for strangers.
Fill in the missing word to make the sentence a polite request.
တံခါး ______ ပါ။
'ပိတ်' (peit) means to close.
Complete the dialogue.
A: အပြင်မှာ အရမ်းအေးနေတယ်။ B: ဟုတ်တယ်၊ ဒါကြောင့် ___________။
If it's cold outside, you should close the door.
Match the phrase to the situation.
You want to talk privately with your boss.
Closing the door is necessary for private conversations.
🎉 得分： /4
视觉学习工具
Formality Levels
练习题库
4 练习Asking a stranger in a taxi:
Adding 'ပေး' (pay) makes it a request for a favor, which is most polite for strangers.
တံခါး ______ ပါ။
'ပိတ်' (peit) means to close.
A: အပြင်မှာ အရမ်းအေးနေတယ်။ B: ဟုတ်တယ်၊ ဒါကြောင့် ___________။
If it's cold outside, you should close the door.
You want to talk privately with your boss.
Closing the door is necessary for private conversations.
🎉 得分： /4
常见问题
10 个问题Only with children or very close younger siblings. Otherwise, it's rude.
Replace 'Taga' with 'Pyu-tin' (ပြတင်းပေါက်). So: 'Pyu-tin peit pa'.
Say 'တံခါးပိတ်ထားတယ်' (Taga peit htar de).
In very formal writing, 'ဦးကင်း' or 'တံခါးမကြီး' might be used, but 'Taga' is universal.
Yes, it is perfectly correct for car doors.
Yes, it can mean to turn off (lights, TV) or to block a road.
Say 'တံခါးမပိတ်ပါနဲ့' (Taga ma-peit pa ne).
'Oo' adds a sense of 'for now' or a gentle suggestion. 'Taga peit pa oo'.
The phrase is the same, but the accent might be slightly more melodic.
Use 'တံခါးပိတ်တော်မူပါဘုရား' (Taga peit taw mu pa phayar).
相关表达
တံခါးဖွင့်ပါ
contrastOpen the door.
တံခါးစေ့ထားပါ
similarLeave the door ajar.
တံခါးသော့ခတ်ပါ
builds onLock the door.
တံခါးပိတ်ထားပါ
specialized formKeep the door closed.
