ยังไง
Thai
Etymology
From corruption of อย่างไร (yàang-rai).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | ยังไง y ạ ŋ ai ŋ | |
|---|---|---|
| Phonemic | ยัง-ไง y ạ ŋ – ai ŋ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | yang-ngai |
| Royal Institute | yang-ngai | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /jaŋ˧.ŋaj˧/(R) | |
Adverb
ยังไง • (yang-ngai)
- (colloquial) alternative form of อย่างไร (yàang-rai)
Interjection
ยังไง • (yang-ngai)
- (slang) used as a greeting: what's up?, how's things?, etc
Phrase
ยังไง • (yang-ngai)
- (slang) no matter how, no matter what; by no means, in no way; regardless, despite everything
Derived terms
- ไง (ngai)
- ยังไงกัน
- ยังไงไหนเล่า
- อะไรยังไง
Further reading
- “ยังไง” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.