หรือว่า
rĕuu wâa
Meanings
1ConjunctionA2
or (between clauses); or else
a conjunction presenting an alternative or choice, typically linking clauses or sentences; more colloquial than หรือหรือrĕu1or (choice/alternative)2or?; really? (question/finality particle)3otherwise; or else (formal)
Examples
เธอterเธอter1you (informal; familiar)2term of address (affectionate)3she; herจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)กินข้าวgin kâaoกินข้าวgin kâao1[to] have a meal; eat (general)2[to] eat rice (literal)3[to] dine; go eat togetherหรือว่าrĕuu wâaหรือว่าrĕuu wâa1or (between clauses); or else2or maybe; could it be thatจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)กินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to be] corrosive; erode5[to] take (a bribe); pocketก๋วยเตี๋ยวgŭuai-dtĭiaoก๋วยเตี๋ยวgŭuai-dtĭiaoThai noodle dish
Are you going to eat rice, or are you going to eat noodles?
2ConjunctionB1
or maybe; could it be that
used to suggest a possibility or tentative guess, often at the start of a question or clause
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerทำงานtam ngaanทำงานtam ngaan1[to] work; do one's job; be on duty2[to] function; operateวันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)หรือว่าrĕuu wâaหรือว่าrĕuu wâa1or (between clauses); or else2or maybe; could it be thatเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillป่วยbpùaiป่วยbpùai1sick; ill; unwell2[to] be ill; fall sick3be troubled (formal/lit.)
He didn't come to work today. Could it be that he's sick?
Related Words
Similar Meaning
หรืออาจจะrĕu àat jàหรืออาจจะrĕu àat jàor maybe; or perhaps
or maybe; or perhaps
หรือบางทีrĕu baang teeหรือบางทีrĕu baang teeor maybe; or perhaps
or maybe; or perhaps
หรือrĕuหรือrĕu1or (choice/alternative)2or?; really? (question/finality particle)3otherwise; or else (formal)
- or (choice/alternative)
- or?; really? (question/finality particle)
- otherwise; or else (formal)
ไม่ก็mâi gôไม่ก็mâi gô1or (else); alternatively2otherwise; if not (then)
- or (else); alternatively
- otherwise; if not (then)
หรือไม่ก็rĕu mâi gôหรือไม่ก็rĕu mâi gôor; or else
or; or else
Word Breakdown
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หรือว่าrĕuu wâaหรือว่าrĕuu wâaor (between clauses); or else