ฮวย
huuaiMeaning
1InterjectionC1
hey!; come on! (Isan, informal)
an informal, potentially impolite exclamation expressing annoyance, frustration, protest, or surprise, chiefly in Isan speech
Examples
ฮวยhuuaiฮวยhuuaihey!; come on! (Isan, informal)ข่อยkɔ̀ɔiข่อยkɔ̀ɔi1I; me (Isan/Lao; humble/familiar)2Siamese rough bushลืมlʉʉmลืมlʉʉm1[to] forget2[to] leave behind (by forgetting)3forget to; omit unintentionallyกุญแจgun-jɛɛกุญแจgun-jɛɛ1key (for a lock)2key; crucial factor3answer key; key (solutions)4clef (music)ไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2[to] set aside; reserve3for later; in reserve4[to] leave (something) as is5marks retention or maintenance of a state6[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)ในบ้านnai-bâanในบ้านnai-bâan1indoors; inside the house2in the house; within the homeอีกแล้วìik-lɛ́ɛoอีกแล้วìik-lɛ́ɛoagain; once more (often with annoyance)
Damn! I forgot my keys in the house again.
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ฮวยhuuaiเป็นหยังbpen-yǎngฝนfǒnคือkʉʉมาmaaตกdtòkมื้อmʉ́ʉที่tîiข่อยkɔ̀ɔiสิsìออกɔ̀ɔkไปเที่ยวbpai-tîiaoพอดีpɔɔ-dii
Crap! Why did it have to rain on the one day I was planning to go out?
ฮวยhuayสูsŏoคิดว่าkít wâaสิเฮ็ดsì hétจั่งซี่jàng sêeแล้วláeoกะgàหนีไปnĕe bpaiง่ายๆngâai ngâaiซั่นsânเบาะbò
The hell! You think you can just do this and get away with it that easily?
พอpɔɔได้ยินdâi-yinข่าวร้ายkàao-ráaiเขาkǎoก็gɔ̂สบถsà-bòtออกมาɔ̀ɔk-maaว่าwâaฮวยhuuaiแล้วlɛ́ɛoทุบโต๊ะtúp-dtóอย่างแรงyàang-rɛɛngด้วยdûuaiความโมโหkwaam-moo-hǒo
As soon as he heard the bad news, he cursed, 'Damn it!' and slammed the table hard in anger.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -ย, a sonorant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
huuai
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Low class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
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 | — | — |