ไง
Thai
Etymology
Shortened from ยังไง (yang-ngai), a corruption of อย่างไร (yàang-rai).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic/Phonemic | ไง ai ŋ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | ngai |
| Royal Institute | ngai | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /ŋaj˧/(R) | |
Adverb
ไง • (ngai)
- (colloquial) how; what; in what way.
Interjection
ไง • (ngai)
- (colloquial) used as a conventional greeting.