ท่าดีทีเหลว

Thai edit

Etymology edit

From ท่า (tâa, look; pose; posture; style; etc) +‎ ดี (dii, good; proper; right; sound; etc.) +‎ ที (tii, action; manner; etc.) +‎ เหลว (lěeo, to be inefficacious; to be unsuccessful; to fail; etc.); literally "look is good, action is fail".

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicท่าดีทีเหลว
d ˋ ā ɗ ī d ī e h l w
Phonemic
ท่า-ดี-ที-เหฺลว
d ˋ ā – ɗ ī – d ī – e h ̥ l w
RomanizationPaiboontâa-dii-tii-lěeo
Royal Institutetha-di-thi-leo
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰaː˥˩.diː˧.tʰiː˧.leːw˩˩˦/(R)

Adjective edit

ท่าดีทีเหลว (tâa-dii-tii-lěeo) (abstract noun ความท่าดีทีเหลว)

  1. (idiomatic) just looking competent or skilled, but lacking competence or skill in reality; unable to produce a good work as seemed to be.

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