ขี้เกียจ

Thai

Etymology

Compound of ขี้ (kîi, a prefix used to indicate likelihood, tendency, etc) +‎ เกียจ (gìiat, “lazy”); the latter possibly came from Proto-Tai *kliːkᴰ (“lazy”) (whence possibly cognate with Zhuang gik (“lazy”)).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ขี้เกียจ kʰ ī ˆ e k ī y t͡ɕ
Phonemic		คี่-เกียด g ī ˋ – e k ī y ɗ
Romanization	Paiboon	kîi-gìiat
	Royal Institute	khi-kiat
(standard) IPA(key)		/kʰiː˥˩.kia̯t̚˨˩/(R)

Adjective

ขี้เกียจ • (kîi-gìiat) (abstract noun ความขี้เกียจ)

1. (colloquial) lazy; idle; inactive; sluggish.

   Synonyms: เกียจ (gìiat), เกียจคร้าน (gìiat-kráan), กำเนียจ, โกสัช, ขี้คร้าน (kîi-kráan), คร้าน (kráan), ทันธ์, มนท์

Derived terms

• บิดขี้เกียจ (bìt-kîi-gìiat)

Verb

ขี้เกียจ • (kîi-gìiat)

1. (slang, auxiliary) (จะ~) used to express the feeling of not wanting to do something, especially because of tiredness or annoyance.
   • 2024 April 17, jungswni_, “[untitled]”, in x.com/jungswni_‎^[2]:

     ขี้เกียจจะบ่นแต่ก็ต้องพูด

     kîi-gìiat jà bòn dtɛ̀ɛ gɔ̂ dtɔ̂ng pûut

     [I] don't want to complain but [I] have to speak up.

   • 2023 November 21, nchdaq, “[untitled]”, in x.com/nchdaq‎^[3]:

     ยิ่งโตขึ้นยิ่งขี้เกียจจะพูดออกไปว่ากำลังเจออะไร

     yîng dtoo kʉ̂n yîng kîi-gìiat jà pûut ɔ̀ɔk-bpai wâa gam-lang jəə à-rai

     The more [I] grow up, the more [I] don't want to speak out about what [I am] being faced with.