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สิบเบี้ยใกล้มือ ยี่สิบเบี้ยไกลมือ sipL biiaF glaiF meuuM yeeF sipL biiaF glaiM meuuM |
pronunciation guide | |
Phonemic Thai | สิบ-เบี้ย-ไกฺล้-มือ-ยี่-สิบ-เบี้ย-ไกฺล-มือ |
IPA | sìp bîːa klâj mɯː jîː sìp bîːa klaj mɯː |
Royal Thai General System | sip bia klai mue yi sip bia klai mue |
[example sentence, idiom] | |||
definition | "Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow." "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." | ||
categories | |||
components | สิบ | sipL | ten; the number or quantity ten |
เบี้ย | biiaF | a cowrie shell [formerly used as] money | |
ใกล้ | glaiF | [is] near; close; close in time | |
มือ | meuuM | hand; hands | |
ยี่สิบ | yeeF sipL | twenty; 20 | |
เบี้ย | biiaF | a cowrie shell [formerly used as] money | |
ไกล | glaiM | [is] far; distant; far (in the future) | |
มือ | meuuM | hand; hands | |