เยี่ยง

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Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicเยี่ยง
e y ī ˋ y ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonyîiang
Royal Instituteyiang
(standard) IPA(key)/jia̯ŋ˥˩/(R)

Conjunction edit

เยี่ยง (yîiang)

  1. (now considered elegant and somewhat archaic) like; as; as if.
    ไฉนจึงประพฤติเยี่ยงนี้
    chà-nǎi jʉng bprà-prʉ́t yîiang níi
    For what reason did you behave like this?
    จะต้องทำเยี่ยงไร
    jà dtɔ̂ɔng tam yîiang rai
    What should I do?
    (literally) I will need to do like what?
    เจ้าคิดเยี่ยงไร
    jâo kít yîiang rai
    How do you think?
    (literally) You think like what?
    ทำตัวเยี่ยงสัตว์
    tam dtuua yîiang sàt
    To behave as a beast.

Noun edit

เยี่ยง (yîiang)

  1. (now considered elegant and somewhat archaic) example; model.

Derived terms edit