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| โว้ย wooyH |  |
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| 1. | [an interjection placed at the end of a sentence or phrase to
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| 2. | [an impolite interjection used to express fury, anger, indignation or an outcry] "What's going on!?!?" "What the hell!?!?" |
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| Phonemic Thai | โว้ย |
| IPA | wóːj |
| Royal Thai General System | woi |
| 1. [interjection, particle, colloquial, vulgar] | |||
| definition | [an interjection placed at the end of a sentence or phrase to
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| notes | Depending on the situation, โว้ย can be regarded as either an impolite or friendly (intimate) interjection. | ||
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| related word | เว้ย  | weeuyH | [variant of โว้ย] |
| example | แม่เจ้าโว้ย! | maaeF jaoF wooyH | [an interjection used to express great surprise] "Boy!" |
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ต่อให้มีบุญจากสามชาติ ผู้ชายกระจอก ๆ อย่างแก ไม่มีทางจะคบผู้หญิงดีเลิศอย่างฉันหรอกโว้ย จะรอก็รอได้ชาติหน้าสาย ๆ นะล่ะ dtaawL haiF meeM boonM jaakL saamR chaatF phuuF chaaiM graL jaawkL graL jaawkL yaangL gaaeM maiF meeM thaangM jaL khohpH phuuF yingR deeM leertF yaangL chanR raawkL wooyH jaL raawM gaawF raawM daiF chaatF naaF saaiR saaiR naH laF "I’ll spot you the merit from your past three lives! A dime-a-dozen guy like you wouldn’t have a chance to be with an exquisite girl like me. Ya gonna wait? So wait!... till your next life!" | |||
ทำงานโรงงานเนี่ยนะ จะเหนื่อยแย่ก็จริง แต่ก็ดีกว่าจะหาเศษหาเลยจากอ้ายพวกฝรั่ง งอม ๆ ตกต่ำเป็นไหน ๆ นะโว้ย thamM ngaanM ro:hngM ngaanM niiaF naH jaL neuuayL yaaeF gaawF jingM dtaaeL gaawF deeM gwaaL jaL haaR saehtL haaR leeuyM jaakL aaiF phuaakF faL rangL ngaawmM dtohkL dtamL bpenM naiR naiR naH wooyH "See, ya know - working in a factory, true - it’s exhausting - but it’s a helluva lot better than looking for scraps from those over the hill, broke farangs any day of the week!" | |||
| 2. [interjection, particle, colloquial] | |||
| definition | [an impolite interjection used to express fury, anger, indignation or an outcry] "What's going on!?!?" "What the hell!?!?" | ||
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