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ซวย  suayM 
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1.[แต้จิ๋ว  dialect] bad luck
2.jinxed; luckless; unlucky; cursed; hapless; having bad luck

Royal Institute - 1982
ซวย  /ซวย/
[วิเศษณ์] (การใช้: ปาก) เคราะห์ร้าย, อับโชค.

pronunciation guide
Phonemic Thaiซวย
IPAsuaj
Royal Thai General Systemsuai

similar
sounding
สวย
1.   [noun, colloquial, loanword, Chinese]
definition
[แต้จิ๋ว  dialect] bad luck

categories
related wordsเป็นลางbpenM laangMto bode
เป็นลางดีbpenM laangM deeMto bode well (for)
เป็นลางร้ายbpenM laangM raaiHto bode ill (for)
เฮง haehngM[แต้จิ๋ว  dialect] good fortune
เฮงซวยhaehngM suayM[แต้จิ๋ว  dialect] [disparaging slang] good luck and bad luck; really unlucky; lousy; worthless
exampleเฮงซวยhaehngM suayM[แต้จิ๋ว  dialect] [disparaging slang] good luck and bad luck; really unlucky; lousy; worthless
sample
sentences
ฉันมักจะซวยอยู่เสมอ ฉันแค่อยู่ผิดที่ผิดเวลาเท่านั่นเอง
chanR makH jaL suayM yuuL saL muuhrR chanR khaaeF yuuL phitL theeF phitL waehM laaM thaoF nanF aehngM
"I often get into trouble; I'm just in the wrong place at the wrong time."
เลิกเข้าข้างตัวเองว่ามันไม่เป็นกับฉันหรอก ฉันไม่ซวยขนาดนั้นหรอก
leerkF khaoF khaangF dtuaaM aehngM waaF manM maiF bpenM gapL chanR raawkL chanR maiF suayM khaL naatL nanH raawkL
"Stop thinking, "That [virus] will never affect me; I am just not that unlucky.""
2.   [adjective, colloquial, loanword, Chinese]
definition
jinxed; luckless; unlucky; cursed; hapless; having bad luck

synonymsเคราะห์ร้ายkhrawH raaiH[is] unlucky; unfortunate
เคราะห์หามยามร้ายkhrawH haamR yaamM raaiHmisfortune; unfortunate; bad luck; misadventure; mischance
examplesตัวซวยdtuaaM suayM(showing dislike) person who is a jinx, a person who brings bad luck
คราวซวยkhraaoM suayMmisfortune; bad luck; adversity
sample
sentence
เป็นความซวยของเขมรที่ดันมาตั้งประเทศอยู่ระหว่างไทยกับเวียดนาม
bpenM khwaamM suayM khaawngR khaL maehnR theeF danM maaM dtangF bpraL thaehtF yuuL raH waangL thaiM gapL wiiatF naamM
"It is Cambodia’s misfortune to have been established between Thailand and Vietnam."

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