ห่วย
hùuaiMeaning
1AdjectiveA2
bad; terrible; lousy (informal)
informal: very bad in quality; lousy or awful
Examples
หนังnǎngหนังnǎng1skin; hide2leather3movie; filmเรื่องrʉ̂ʉangเรื่องrʉ̂ʉang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3classifier for stories/films/cases4about; regarding (as a topic marker)นี้níiนี้níi1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ห่วยhùuaiห่วยhùuaibad; terrible; lousy (informal)มากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2much; a lot; greatly3many; numerous
This movie is very bad.
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Yesterday the weather was awful; it rained all day.
บริการbɔɔ-rí-gaanของkɔ̌ɔngร้านอาหารráan-aa-hǎanนั้นnánห่วยhùuaiมากmâakฉันchǎnจะjàไม่mâiไปbpaiอีกแล้วìik-lɛ́ɛo
The service at that restaurant was terrible. I'm not going again.
ฉันchǎnต้องdtɔ̂ngเปลี่ยนงานbplìian-ngaanเพราะprɔ́เจ้านายjâo-naaiเก่าgàoผมpǒmห่วยhùuaiมากmâakและlɛ́ให้hâiเงินเดือนngən-dʉʉanน้อยnɔ́ɔi
I had to change jobs because my old boss was very bad and paid a low salary.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classHigh class
- Tone markMai ek
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
High class consonants
ขฃฉฐถผฝศษสห
Result
Low tone
hùuai
Starts low and stays low, easing slightly down.
High class + Mai ek → Low
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 | — | — |