ห่วยแตก

hùuai-dtɛ̀ɛk

Meaning

1AdjectiveB1

terrible; awful; sucks

terrible, awful, or of very poor quality; sucks. Used to express strong disappointment or disgust.

Examples

หนังnăngหนังnăng1skin; hide2leather3movie; filmเรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3classifier for stories/films/cases4about; regarding (as a topic marker)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)น่าเบื่อnâa bèuuaน่าเบื่อnâa bèuuaboring; tedious; tiresomeมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2much; a lot; greatly3many; numerousห่วยแตกhùuay dtàekห่วยแตกhùuay dtàekterrible; awful; sucksสุดๆsùt sùtสุดๆsùt sùt1extremely; to the max2awesome!; so cool!
This movie is so boring. It totally sucks.
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บริการbɔɔ-rí-gaanของkɔ̌ɔngร้านอาหารráan-aa-hǎanนี้níiห่วยแตกhùuai-dtɛ̀ɛkมากmâakเลยləəiรอrɔɔอาหารaa-hǎanเป็นbpenชั่วโมงchûua-moongแถมยังtɛ̌ɛm-yangได้dâaiผิดpìtอีกìik
The service at this restaurant is awful. We waited an hour for our food, and they still got the order wrong.
ทำไมtam-maiผลงานpǒn-ngaanของkɔ̌ɔngทีมเราtiim-raoถึงtʉ̌ngห่วยแตกhùuai-dtɛ̀ɛkแบบนี้bɛ̀ɛp-níiเราraoต้องdtɔ̂ngหาสาเหตุhǎa-sǎa-hèetให้ได้hâi-dâai
Why is our team's performance so terrible like this? We need to find the cause.
ระบบราชการrá-bòp-râat-chá-gaanที่tîiล่าช้าlâa-cháaและlɛ́ซับซ้อนsáp-sɔ́ɔnมันmanห่วยแตกhùuai-dtɛ̀ɛkมากmâakทำให้tam-hâiประชาชนbprà-chaa-chonเสียเวลาsǐia-wee-laaโดยใช่เหตุdooi-châi-hèet
The slow and complicated bureaucratic system is awful; it makes people waste time for no good reason.

Tones

See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.

2 syllables · pick one to see its rule

How the tone is decided

  1. Consonant classHigh class
  2. Tone markMai ek
  3. 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 classHigh classLow class
No mark + liveMidRisingMid
No mark + dead shortLowLowHigh
No mark + dead longLowLowFalling
Mai ekLowLowFalling
Mai thoFallingFallingHigh
Mai triHigh——
Mai chattawaRising——
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Word Breakdown

ห่วยhùuaiห่วยhùuaibad; terrible; lousy (informal)bad; terrible; lousy (informal)Part 1
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แตกdtɛ̀ɛkแตกdtɛ̀ɛk1[to] crack; break; shatter2broken; cracked3[to] burst; rupture4[to] split up; fall apart (figurative)5[to] be exposed; come to light6[to] ejaculate; climax (slang)[to] crack; break; shatterPart 2
ห่วยแตกhùuai-dtɛ̀ɛkห่วยแตกhùuai-dtɛ̀ɛkterrible; awful; sucksterrible; awful; sucksWord

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