ยี่(yêe)
Meanings
1NounB2
twenty (arch./dial.)
an archaic or dialectal form meaning twenty, mainly in set phrases or Chinese-influenced counting
Examples
ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)สำเนียงsàm-niangสำเนียงsàm-niang1accent; dialectal pronunciation2tone; intonation; manner of speakingจีนjeenจีนjeen1China2Chinese; relating to China3Chinese person4Chinese (language)สมัยก่อนsà-măi gònสมัยก่อนsà-măi gòn1the old days; former times2formerly; in the past; back thenคนเฒ่าคนแก่kon tâo kon gàeคนเฒ่าคนแก่kon tâo kon gàethe elderly; eldersเรียกrîakเรียกrîak1[to] call out; summon; hail2[to] ask for; charge; demand3[to] recruit; enlist4[to] call [sb/sth] (by name); nameเลขlékเลขlék1number; numeral; digit2math; arithmetic (subject)3lottery number4numeric; numericalยี่สิบyêe sìpยี่สิบyêe sìptwentyว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeยี่yêeยี่yêe1two- (Sino-Thai bound form)2twenty (arch./dial.)
In old Chinese speech, elders called the number twenty 'yi'.
2NounC1
two- (Sino-Thai bound form)
a bound morpheme from Chinese meaning ‘two’, seen in some Sino-Thai words; not productive on its own
Examples
คำว่าkam wâaคำว่าkam wâathe word/term (introductory marker)ยี่yêeยี่yêe1two- (Sino-Thai bound form)2twenty (arch./dial.)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)คำว่าkam wâaคำว่าkam wâathe word/term (introductory marker)ยี่ห้อyêe hâwยี่ห้อyêe hâw1brand; make; label2brand name (on packaging)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoรากrâakรากrâak1root (plant part)2root; origin; foundation3square root (math)4root/stem; base (ling./math)5to take root; to be rooted6[to] vomit; throw upจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)ภาษาจีนpaa-săa jeenภาษาจีนpaa-săa jeenChinese languageและláeและláeand (coordinating)หมายถึงmăai tĕungหมายถึงmăai tĕung1[to] mean; denote; refer to2[to] mean (to say); intend (one’s words)สองsŏngสองsŏng1two; 22secondแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]รวมกับruuam gàpรวมกับruuam gàp1[to] combine with [sth]; [to] join with [sb/sth]2together with; includingคำkamคำkam1word; term2speech; saying; utterance3classifier for words/utterancesอื่นèunอื่นèun1other; different; else2else; otherwise (as a modifying element)3others; other people/thingsเท่านั้นtâo nánเท่านั้นtâo nán1only; just; no more than2that much/that many; to that extent3that’s all; period (sentence‑final)
The element yi in yi-hor (brand) comes from Chinese and means ‘two,’ but it appears only combined with other words.