กึ๋ยๆ
gĕui gĕuiMeanings
1InterjectionB2
yikes; eek
an exclamation expressing fear, disgust, or being creeped out
Examples
กึ๋ยๆgĕui gĕuiกึ๋ยๆgĕui gĕui1yikes; eek2creeped out; getting goosebumpsตัวdtuuaตัวdtuua1body; self; person (colloq.)2classifier: animals, garments, furniture, certain items; people (informal)3character; figureอะไรเนี่ยà-rai nîaอะไรเนี่ยà-rai nîaWhat is this?; What's going on?; What the heck?น่ากลัวnâa gluuaน่ากลัวnâa gluua1scary; frightening2awfully; terribly; extremelyจังเลยjang loeiจังเลยjang loeiso; very; really (intensifier)
Eek! What is this creature? It's so scary.
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Yuck! I don't dare touch the cockroach. It's too dirty.
กึ๋ยๆgĕui gĕuiแค่kâeคิดว่าkít wâaจะต้องjà dtôngกินginเนื้อสัตว์néuua sàtแปลกๆbplàek bplàekพวกนั้นpûuak nánฉันchănก็gâwขนลุกkŏn lúkไปหมดแล้วbpai mòt láeo
Ew! Just the thought of having to eat those exotic meats gives me goosebumps.
กึ๋ยๆgĕui gĕuiสภาพsà-pâapห้องน้ำhông náamที่นี่têe nêeสกปรกsòk-gà-bpròkจนjonฉันchănแทบจะtâep jàอ้วกûuakออกมาòk maa
Yuck! The condition of the restroom here is so filthy that I almost threw up.
2AdjectiveB2
creeped out; getting goosebumps
feeling creeped out, spooked, or getting goosebumps from fear or disgust
Examples
พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; whenต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2must; bound toเดินผ่านdern pàanเดินผ่านdern pàan1[to] walk past; pass by (on foot)2[to] walk through; traverse (on foot)ตึกร้างdtèuk ráangตึกร้างdtèuk ráangabandoned buildingตอนกลางคืนdton glaang keunตอนกลางคืนdton glaang keun1at night; during the night2nighttime; the night periodคนเดียวkon diiaoคนเดียวkon diiao1alone; by oneself; unaccompanied2only one person; soleมันmanมันman1it (thing/animal)2greasy; oily; fatty3fun; thrilling; highly entertaining4he/she (colloquial, impolite)5starchy tuber; tuberous crop6fat; grease7shiny; glossy8creamy; rich (texture/taste)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3conditional marker (if… then…)4well; after all (emphasis/justification)5topic/resumption markerรู้สึกrúu-sèukรู้สึกrúu-sèuk1[to] feel; sense2[to] feel that…; think (impression/opinion)ขนลุกkŏn lúkขนลุกkŏn lúk1[to] get goosebumps2goosebumps3goosebumpy; covered in goosebumpsกึ๋ยๆgĕui gĕuiกึ๋ยๆgĕui gĕui1yikes; eek2creeped out; getting goosebumpsขึ้นมาkêun maaขึ้นมาkêun maa1[to] come up (toward the speaker); move upward2[to] get up; rise3[to] go up; increase4[to] become; start to be (change of state)5[to] arise; appear; emergeทันทีtan teeทันทีtan teeimmediately; at once
When I have to walk past the abandoned building alone at night, I immediately get the creeps.
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ฉันchănไม่ชอบmâi chôpลงเล่นlong lênน้ำnáamในnaiคลองklongเลยloieเพราะpráwเวลาway-laaเท้าtáaoไปbpaiเหยียบyìiapโดนdohnตะไคร่น้ำdtà-krâi náamลื่นๆlêuun lêuunแล้วláeoมันmanรู้สึกrúu-sèukกึ๋ยๆgĕui gĕuiยังไงก็yang-ngai gôrไม่รู้mâi rúu
I don't like swimming in the canal at all because when my feet step on slimy moss, it just feels so creepy.
ภาพpâapรังrangผึ้งpûngที่têeมีmeeรูพรุนroo prunเยอะๆyér-yérมักจะmák jàทำเอาtam aoคนkonที่têeเป็นโรคbpen rôhkกลัวgluuaรูruuเห็นhĕnแล้วláeoขนลุกkŏn lúkกึ๋ยๆgĕui gĕuiไปbpaiตามๆdtaam dtaamกันgan
Pictures of honeycombs with lots of porous holes tend to make people with trypophobia get goosebumps and feel totally creeped out.
หนังผีnăng pĕeเรื่องrêuuangนี้néeไม่ได้mâi dâaiเน้นnénฉากchàakผีหลอกpĕe lòkแบบbàepตุ้งแช่châeแต่dtàeมันmanสร้างsâangบรรยากาศban-yaa-gàatชวนchuanขนลุกkŏn lúkกึ๋ยๆgĕui gĕuiที่têeทำให้tam hâiคนดูkon dooระแวงrà-waengไปbpaiเองayng
This horror movie doesn't rely on jump scares, but rather builds a creepy atmosphere that makes the audience paranoid on their own.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is กึ๋ยๆ said กึ๋ย-กึ๋ย?
gĕui gĕui
Thai spelling does not always show how a word sounds. This is how it is said.
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid class
- Tone markMai chattawa
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Rising tone
gĕui
Dips low first, then rises clearly.
Mid class + Mai chattawa → Rising
Tone chart
Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.
| Mid class | High class | Low class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No mark + live | Mid | Rising | Mid |
| No mark + dead short | Low | Low | High |
| No mark + dead long | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai ek | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai tho | Falling | Falling | High |
| Mai tri | High | — | — |
| Mai chattawa | Rising | — | — |