แย่

Thai

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicแย่
æ y ˋ
RomanizationPaiboonyɛ̂ɛ
Royal Instituteyae
(standard) IPA(key)/jɛː˥˩/(R)

Adjective

แย่ • (yɛ̂ɛ) (abstract noun ความแย่)

  1. (of a feeling, emotion, situation, condition, quality, performance, conduct, behaviour, etc) bad; poor; terrible.

See also

Verb

แย่ • (yɛ̂ɛ) (abstract noun การแย่)

  1. (now rare) to stoop down; to drop; to squat.

Derived terms

  • ย่อแย่
  • ยักแย่ยักยัน
  • ย่ำแย่
  • แย่แต้
  • แย่หน่อย

Further reading

  • “แย่” 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.
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