เดี๋ยว

Thai edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain. Possibly from corruption of เดียว (diao, “one; single”). Compare Lao ດຽວ (diāu).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemic		เดี๋ยว e ɗ ī ˇ y w
Romanization	Paiboon	dǐao
	Royal Institute	diao
(standard) IPA^(key)		/dia̯w˩˩˦/^(R)

Noun edit

เดี๋ยว • (dǐao)

(colloquial) while; moment; instant.
เดี๋ยวเดียว
dǐao diao
[just] a while; [just] a moment

เดี๋ยวนี้
dǐao níi
[at] this instant

Adverb edit

เดี๋ยว • (dǐao)

(colloquial) sometimes; on some occasions; at a certain time.
เดี๋ยวดีเดี๋ยวร้าย
dǐao dii dǐao ráai
sometimes sane, sometimes insane
(colloquial) soon; later.
(colloquial) then; accordingly.

Conjunction edit

เดี๋ยว • (dǐao)

(colloquial) unless; otherwise.

Interjection edit

เดี๋ยว • (dǐao)

(colloquial) wait; hold on.

Derived terms edit

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