Thai edit

Etymology edit

Clipping of ยังไง (yang-ngai), a corruption of อย่างไร (yàang-rai).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicไง
ai ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonngai
Royal Institutengai
(standard) IPA(key)/ŋaj˧/(R)

Adverb edit

ไง (ngai)

  1. (colloquial) how; what; in what way.
    เป็นไงบ้าง
    bpen ngai bâang
    How's it going?

Interjection edit

ไง (ngai)

  1. (colloquial) used as a conventional greeting.

See also edit