เชรี้ย
chríiaMeanings
1InterjectionB2
shit; fuck; damn
An exclamation of surprise, shock, frustration, or excitement (a slang distortion of a strong Thai curse word)
Examples
เชรี้ยchríiaเชรี้ยchríia1shit; fuck; damn2asshole; jerk; awfulโทรศัพท์toh-rá-sàpโทรศัพท์toh-rá-sàp1telephone; phone2[to] telephone [sb]; [to] call3phone callกูgooกูgooI; me (very informal/rude)ตกน้ำdtòk náamตกน้ำdtòk náam[to] fall into waterทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] act; behave3[to] cook; prepare food4[to] cause; makeไงngaiไงngai1hey; yo (very casual attention-getter)2what's up?; how's it going? (casual)3how; in what way (colloq.)4emphatic reminder/identifier (…ไง ‘you know’)ดีdeeดีdee1good; of good quality2kind; virtuous3well; nicely4gall; bileวะwáวะwá1particle: adds force to a statement (very informal, rough)2particle (question; very informal, rough): used at sentence end to add bluntness/attitudeเนี่ยnîiaเนี่ยnîia1deictic/emphatic particle (‘this/that here/there’)2focus/emotion particle3discourse marker (framing)
Shit! My phone fell in the water, what should I do?
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เชรี้ยchríiaกูgooสอบผ่านsòp pàanได้ไงdâi ngaiวะwáเนี่ยnîiaไม่ได้mâi dâaiอ่านหนังสือàan năng-sĕuเลยloie
Holy shit! How did I pass the exam? I didn't study at all.
เชรี้ยchríiaเมื่อกี้mêuua géeรถrótเกือบgèuapชนchonกันganกลางglaangสี่แยกsèe yâekใจjaiกูgooตกไปdtòk bpaiอยู่yòoตาdtaaตุ่มdtùmเลยloie
Holy crap! Those cars almost crashed in the middle of the intersection just now; my heart dropped.
เชรี้ยchríiaทำไมtam maiค่าไฟkâa faiเดือนนี้deuuan néeมันmanแพงหูฉี่paeng hŏo chèeขนาดนี้kà-nàat néeวะwá
Damn! Why is this month's electricity bill so ridiculously expensive?
2NounC1
asshole; jerk; awful
A very rude slang insult for a bad or disgusting person; also used to describe something as very bad, annoying, or unpleasant.
Examples
ผู้ชายpôo chaaiผู้ชายpôo chaai1man; male (person)2boyfriend; male romantic partner (informal)คนkonคนkon1person; human2classifier: people3[to] stir; mix by stirringนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3(topic-marking or emphatic particle)แม่งmâengแม่งmâeng1damn; shit (vulgar slang)2damn; fucking (vulgar intensifier)3he; she; it; they; that bastard (vulgar slang)โคตรkôhtโคตรkôht1extremely; damn (slang intensifier)2utter; extreme (slang intensifier)3lineage; clan; ancestryเชรี้ยchríiaเชรี้ยchríia1shit; fuck; damn2asshole; jerk; awfulเลยloieเลยloie1at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)2so; thus; then (immediate result)3completely; absolutely (emphasis)4[to] pass; go beyond; exceedทิ้งtíngทิ้งtíng1[to] throw away; discard2[to] drop; let fall3[to] abandon; desert4[to] leave behind; leave (sth) behind5[to] waste; squanderแฟนfaenแฟนfaen1romantic partner2fan; supporterที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerกำลังgam-langกำลังgam-lang1currently; in the middle of2power; strength3power (physics)4troops; forcesท้องtóngท้องtóng1belly; abdomen; stomach (body part); underside (of sth)2womb; mother's belly3[to] be pregnant4expanse; interior; area (in compounds)ได้dâiได้dâi1okay; sure; agreed2[to] get; obtain; receive3can; [to] be able to; may4[to] manage to; succeed in5actualized-action markerลงคอlong koลงคอlong ko1[to] go down the throat; be able to swallow [sth]2[to] bring oneself to do [sth]; have the heart to do [sth]
That guy is so damn awful, abandoning his pregnant girlfriend.
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It's exactly this kind of shitty personality that makes no one want to associate with you.
คนkonที่têeหักหลังhàk lăngเพื่อนสนิทpêuuan sà-nìtเพื่อpêuuaเลื่อนตำแหน่งlêuuan dtam-nàengได้dâiนี่nêeแม่งmâengโคตรkôhtเชรี้ยchríiaเลยloie
Someone who can betray their close friend for a promotion is absolutely despicable.
สังคมsăng-komที่ทำงานtêe tam ngaanนี้néeแม่งmâengโคตรkôhtเชรี้ยchríiaเลยloieคนkonปกติbpòk-gà-dtìที่ไหนtêe năiจะjàไปbpaiทนtonอยู่yòoได้dâiวะwá
The work environment here is so damn toxic, how could any normal person endure it?
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is เชรี้ย said ชะ-เรี้ย?
chríia
Thai spelling does not always show how a word sounds. This is how it is said.
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableShort vowelA short vowel with no final consonant, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Low class + No tone mark + Dead syllable · Short vowel → 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 | — | — |