ชุ่ย

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Thai

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Etymology

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Compare Middle Chinese (MC srwijH, “hasty, indiscreet”).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicชุ่ย
d͡ʑ u ˋ y
RomanizationPaiboonchûi
Royal Institutechui
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰuj˥˩/(R)

Adverb

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ชุ่ย (chûi) (abstract noun ความชุ่ย)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) sketchily, roughly, slipshodly, without refinement, without neatness; indiscreetly, imprudently, rashly, carelessly, without due consideration or care.

Usage notes

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  • Sometimes repeated as ชุ่ย (chûi-chûi).

See also

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Verb

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ชุ่ย (chûi)

  1. (archaic) to select; to choose; to pick.