เดี๊ยน
díianMeaning
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I; me (female/LGBTQ+ slang)
I or me (a colloquial, playful, or sassy first-person pronoun typically used by women or LGBTQ+ individuals, derived from the formal pronoun 'ดิฉันดิฉันdì-chǎnI; me (female speaker; polite/formal)')
Examples
เดี๊ยนdíianเดี๊ยนdíianI; me (female/LGBTQ+ slang)บอกbɔ̀ɔkบอกbɔ̀ɔk1[to] tell; inform2[to] tell; instruct; ask [sb] to do [sth]3[to] indicate; showแล้วlɛ́ɛoแล้วlɛ́ɛo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)ไงngaiไงngai1hey; yo (very casual attention-getter)2what's up?; how's it going? (casual)3how; in what way (colloq.)4emphatic reminder/identifier (…ไง ‘you know’)คะkáคะká1polite particle (female; question softener)2polite address or response particle (female speech)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell2that (clause marker)3[to] think; consider; deem4[to] scold; reproach; criticizeวันนี้wan-níiวันนี้wan-níi1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; at presentไม่ว่างmâi-wâangไม่ว่างmâi-wâang1busy; not free2occupied; taken (of a seat/room/line)ไปกินข้าวbpai-gin-kâaoไปกินข้าวbpai-gin-kâao[to] go eatด้วยdûuaiด้วยdûuai1with; together with2also; too; as well3by; by means of; using4because of; due to5because; since (formal/literary)6request particle; please; too
I already told you that I'm not free to go eat with you today.
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I bought this dress for a very high price, so absolutely do not stain it.
ถึงtʉ̌ngใครkraiจะjàว่าwâaยังไงyang-ngaiเดี๊ยนdíianก็gɔ̂ไม่mâiแคร์kɛɛหรอกrɔ̀kค่ะkâเพราะprɔ́เดี๊ยนdíianมั่นใจmân-jaiในตัวเองnai-dtuua-eeng
No matter what anyone says, I don't care at all because I am confident in myself.
ระดับrá-dàpเดี๊ยนdíianแล้วláeoเนี่ยnîiaจะjàให้hâiไปbpaiนั่งnângรอคิวror kioเป็นbpenชั่วโมงchûua-mohngๆ-คงkongเป็นไปไม่ได้bpen bpai mâi dâiหรอกròkย่ะyâ
For someone of my level, making me wait in line for hours is simply impossible, darling.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid class
- Tone markMai tri
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
High tone
díian
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Mid class + Mai tri → 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 | — | — |