ရေပေါ်ဆီ

Burmese

Etymology

ရေ (re, “water”) +‎ ပေါ် (pau, “to be above”) +‎ ဆီ (hci, “oil”)

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ရေဗော်ဇီ
• IPA^(key): /jèbɔ̀zì/
• Romanization: MLCTS: repauhci • ALA-LC: repoʻchī • BGN/PCGN: yebawzi • Okell: yeipohsi

Adjective

ရေပေါ်ဆီ • (repauhci)

1. (figurative) superficial

Noun

ရေပေါ်ဆီ • (repauhci)

1. (figurative) superficial person

References

• “ရေပေါ်ဆီ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.