เฮีย

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Thai

Etymology

From Min Nan (hiaⁿ, elder brother).[1]

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicเฮีย
e ɦ ī y
RomanizationPaiboonhiia
Royal Institutehia
(standard) IPA(key)/hia̯˧/(R)

Noun

เฮีย (hiia)

  1. (colloquial, used amongst Chinese people) elder brother; older man; husband (of the speaker when he is older than the speaker); person treated as an elder brother; also used as a familiar or respectful term of address to or title for such person, and used by such person as a self-reference.

Derived terms

Template:th-der

References

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