ซิ่ว

See also: ซิว

Thai

Etymology

From aphaeresis of ฟ้อดซิ่ว, an eye dialect of ฟอสซิล (fɔ́ɔt-sîn, “fossil”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ซิ่ว z i ˋ w
Romanization	Paiboon	sîu
	Royal Institute	sio
(standard) IPA(key)		/siw˥˩/(R)

Noun

ซิ่ว • (sîu)

1. (slang) person who becomes a student at one university, faculty, etc, after dropping out of another one.

Verb

ซิ่ว • (sîu) (abstract noun การซิ่ว)

1. (slang, used of a student) to drop out of one university, faculty, etc, so as to attend a new one.