See also: , , and ดู

Gong edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ดี (transliteration needed)

  1. crossbow

Thai edit

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicดี
ɗ ī
RomanizationPaiboondii
Royal Institutedi
(standard) IPA(key)/diː˧/(R)

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Tai *ɓliːᴬ (gallbladder; bile). Cognate with Lao ບີ (), Shan လီ (lǐi), Ahom 𑜓𑜣 () or 𑜎𑜣 (), Zhuang mbei.

Noun edit

ดี (dii)

  1. gallbladder; bile.
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Tai *ɗɤjᴬ (good).

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨯᩦ (di), Lao ດີ (), ᦡᦲ (ḋii), Shan လီ (lǐi), Tai Dam ꪒꪲ, Tai Dón ꪒꪲ, Ahom 𑜓𑜣 (), 𑜃𑜣 () or 𑜑𑜣 (), Bouyei ndil, Zhuang ndei, Tày đây.

Compare Sui qdail (good), Southern Kam lail (good).

Alternative forms edit

Adjective edit

ดี (dii) (abstract noun ความดี)

  1. good:
    1. nice; fine; excellent; satisfactory; agreeable; pleasant; favourable.
      รายได้ดี
      raai-dâai dii
      good income
      เสียงดี
      sǐiang dii
      good (singing) voice
      ข่าวดี
      kàao dii
      good news
      ฝันดี
      fǎn dii
      good dream
      อากาศดี
      aa-gàat dii
      good weather
    2. beautiful; adorable; lovely; attractive; handsome.
      หุ่นดี
      hùn dii
      good (bodily) shape
      หน้าตาดี
      nâa-dtaa dii
      good looking
    3. moral, virtuous, righteous; kind, benevolent; friendly.
      คนดี
      kon dii
      good person
      ใจดี
      jai dii
      good heart
      เขาดีต่อฉันมาก
      kǎo dii dtɔ̀ɔ chǎn mâak
      He's so good to me.
    4. proper; right; appropriate.
      มรรยาทดี
      man-yâat dii
      good manners
    5. well-behaved, well-mannered; educated, refined.
      ภูมิหลังดี
      puum-lǎng dii
      good background
    6. noble; exalted; wellborn.
    7. smart; intelligent; clever; adept.
    8. sound, valid; honorable, worthy, in good standing
      ชื่อเสียงดี
      chʉ̂ʉ-sǐiang dii
      good credit; good name; good reputation
    9. healthful; useful; beneficial.
      ดีต่อสุขภาพ
      dii dtɔ̀ɔ sùk-kà-pâap
      good for health
    10. warm; close; intimate.
      เพื่อนที่ดี
      pʉ̂ʉan tîi dii
      good friend
      (literally) friend that is good
    11. sufficient; ample; enough.
  2. on good terms; on a friendly footing; having good relations.
  3. in a normal, good, or proper condition; in a healthy condition; working, functioning, operative; usable, consumable.
    ประตูไม่ดี
    bprà-dtuu mâi dii
    The door is broken.
    (literally) The door is not good.
    สัญญาณไม่ดี
    sǎn-yaan mâi dii
    It's a bad line.
    (literally) The [phone] signal is not good.
    เน็ตไม่ดี
    nèt mâi dii
    The internet connection is bad.
    (literally) The [inter]net [connection] is not good.
    อาหารยังดีอยู่
    aa-hǎan yang dii yùu
    The food is edible still.
    (literally) The food is good still.
    หูไม่ดี
    hǔu mâi dii
    (literally) The ears are not good (= having a hearing problem, having an ear disorder, etc).
    คอมไม่ดี
    kɔm mâi dii
    The computer is out of service.
    (literally) The com[puter] is not good.

Adverb edit

ดี (dii) (abstract noun ความดี)

  1. well: nicely, finely, excellently, satisfactorily, agreeably, pleasantly, etc.
    พูดดี
    pûut dii
    well spoken; to speak well
    ร้องดี
    rɔ́ɔng dii
    well sung; to sing well
    ประพฤติดี
    bprà-prʉ́t dii
    well behaved; to behave well
  2. quite; so.
    อร่อยดี
    à-rɔ̀i dii
    quite delicious
    สวยดี
    sǔai dii
    quite beautiful
    เลวดี
    leeo dii
    quite bad

Antonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Interjection edit

ดี (dii)

  1. (slang) Clipping of สวัสดี (sà-wàt-dii).

Etymology 4 edit

From English dee (the letter D/d).

Noun edit

ดี (dii)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter D/d.
See also edit