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| เสียหน่อย siiaR naawyL |  |
| Royal Institute - 1982 | ||||
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| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | เสีย-หฺน่อย |
| IPA | sǐːa nɔ̀ːj |
| Royal Thai General System | sia noi |
| [adverb, phrase] | |||
| definition | a bit; somewhat | ||
| components | เสีย  | siiaR | to damage; become out of order; deteriorate; become bad; rot; break; spoil; waste; malfunction; lose |
 หน่อย | naawyL | [word used to soften the meaning of a sentence] "...a bit" — "...somewhat" — "...to some extent"; this little thing, no big deal here, for just a moment | |
| sample sentence | มาตั้งแต่ครั้งนั้น จนกระทั่งถึงในปัจจุบันนี้ เด็กไทยจึงยังต้องถูกคาดหวังให้ตัดผมทรงพร้อมไปรบอยู่ ทั้งที่ไม่ได้จะไปรบกับใครเขาเสียหน่อย  maaM dtangF dtaaeL khrangH nanH johnM graL thangF theungR naiM bpatL jooL banM neeH dekL thaiM jeungM yangM dtawngF thuukL khaatF wangR haiF dtatL phohmR sohngM phraawmH bpaiM rohpH yuuL thangH theeF maiF daiF jaL bpaiM rohpH gapL khraiM khaoR siiaR naawyL "Since that time and even up until today, Thai children have come to expect to cut their hair as if they were going to war, even though [the country] has not been at war with anyone at all." | ||
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