ห่วย

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Thai

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Etymology

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From Teochew (huai6, bad; spoiled).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicห่วย
h ˋ w y
RomanizationPaiboonhùai
Royal Institutehuai
(standard) IPA(key)/hua̯j˨˩/(R)

Adjective

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ห่วย (hùai) (abstract noun ความห่วย)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, offensive, of quality, performance, behaviour, ability, etc) poor; low; bad.

Derived terms

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Noun

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ห่วย (hùai)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, offensive) (ไอ้, อี~) useless or worthless person: good-for-nothing, no-good, etc.