ฮิ้ว
híuMeaning
1InterjectionA2
woo; woohoo
a sound used for cheering, celebrating, or playfully teasing someone
Examples
ฮิ้วhíuฮิ้วhíuwoo; woohooในที่สุดnai-tîi-sùtในที่สุดnai-tîi-sùtfinally; eventually; ultimatelyเธอtəəเธอtəə1you (informal; familiar)2she; herก็gɔ̂ก็gɔ̂1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3conditional marker (if… then…)4well; after all (emphasis/justification)5topic/resumption markerมีแฟนแล้วmii-fɛɛn-lɛ́ɛoมีแฟนแล้วmii-fɛɛn-lɛ́ɛoalready has a boyfriend/girlfriend; taken
Woohoo! You finally have a boyfriend.
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Woohoo! Congratulations on passing the exam.
พวกpûuakเพื่อนๆpêuuan pêuuanร้องróngฮิ้วhíwแซวsaeoตอนที่dton têeเขาkăoเดินdernจับมือjàp meuuกับgàpแฟนfaen
His friends went "woo!" to tease him when he walked by holding hands with his girlfriend.
ทันทีที่tan-tii-tîiเจ้าบ่าวjâao-bàaoจูบjùupเจ้าสาวjâao-sǎaoแขกkɛ̀ɛkในnaiงานngaanก็gɔ̂พากันpaa-ganโห่hòoฮิ้วhíuด้วยความยินดีdûuai-kwaam-yin-dii
As soon as the groom kissed the bride, the guests at the wedding cheered and went "woohoo!" with joy.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markMai tho
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
híu
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Low class + Mai tho → High
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 | — | — |