ซวย

Thai

Etymology

From Hokkien 衰 (soe, “to have poor luck”) or Teochew 衰 (sue, “to have poor luck”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ซวย z w y
Romanization	Paiboon	suai
	Royal Institute	suai
(standard) IPA(key)		/sua̯j˧/(R)

Adjective

ซวย • (suai) (abstract noun ความซวย)

1. (colloquial, vulgar) luckless; unlucky; unfortunate; inauspicious; cursed; doomed; ruined.

Derived terms

• เฮงซวย (heng-suai)