ขุยยุ่ย
kùi yûi
Meanings
1NounB1
frayed; linty; coming apart
Describes fabric, paper, or other material that is fraying, shedding lint or fuzz, or breaking into soft bits; worn and tattered.
Examples
เสื้อยืดsêuua yèuutเสื้อยืดsêuua yèuutT-shirt; teeตัวdtuuaตัวdtuua1body; self; person (colloq.)2character; figure3classifier: animals, garments, furniture, certain items; people (informal)4self-/personal (attributive)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ซักsákซักsák1[to] wash (clothes)2[to] interrogate; question closely3about; approximately (before numbers)ไม่กี่mâi gèeไม่กี่mâi gèe1a few; not many2only a few (of them)ครั้งkrángครั้งkráng1classifier for occurrences or times2time; occasion; instance3turn (one’s turn to do something)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsขุยยุ่ยkùi yûiขุยยุ่ยkùi yûifrayed; linty; coming apartแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)
This T-shirt became fuzzy and frayed after only a few washes.
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ขุยยุ่ยkùi yûiขุยยุ่ยkùi yûifrayed; linty; coming apart