ไชโย

Thai

Etymology

From ชัย (chai), ultimately from Sanskrit जय (jaya, “victory”). Cognate with Khmer ជយោ (cĕəʼyoo), Hindi जय हो (jay ho).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ไชโย ai d͡ʑ o y
Phonemic		ไช-โย ai d͡ʑ – o y
Romanization	Paiboon	chai-yoo
	Royal Institute	chai-yo
(standard) IPA(key)		/t͡ɕʰaj˧.joː˧/(R)

Interjection

ไชโย • (chai-yoo)

1. cheers!
2. hurray!

Verb

ไชโย • (chai-yoo) (abstract noun การไชโย)

1. to hail with bravos, say "bravo!"

See also

• ชนแก้ว (chon-gɛ̂ɛo)

Further reading

• “ไชโย” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.