เสี้ยว(sîiao)
Meanings
1NounB1
a fraction; a sliver; a small piece
A very small part or fraction of a whole; a sliver or tiny piece, often one of many parts.
Examples
ผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)ได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedแค่kâeแค่kâe1only; just2merely; simply (downplaying)3only; just (preposition)เสี้ยวsîiaoเสี้ยวsîiao1a fraction; a sliver; a small piece2a crescent segment (moon/shape); a wedgeเดียวdiiaoเดียวdiiaosingle; one; only; sameของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsเค้กkékเค้กkékcake (sweet baked dessert)เพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingคนอื่นkon èunคนอื่นkon èun1other people; others2someone else; another personตักdtàkตักdtàk1lap (of a person)2[to] scoop; ladle; spoon up3[to] admonish; reprimand (mild/formal)ไปหมดแล้วbpai mòt láeoไปหมดแล้วbpai mòt láeo1all gone already; none left2all have left already3completely (already), as a result
I only got a tiny sliver of the cake because others had taken most of it.
2NounB2
a crescent segment (moon/shape); a wedge
A crescent-shaped or wedge-like segment, as in a crescent moon or a slice shaped like a wedge.
Examples
คืนนี้keun néeคืนนี้keun née1tonight (the night of today)2tonightพระจันทร์prá janพระจันทร์prá janthe Moonเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsเสี้ยวsîiaoเสี้ยวsîiao1a fraction; a sliver; a small piece2a crescent segment (moon/shape); a wedgeโค้งkóhngโค้งkóhng1curve; bend2[to] curve; bend; arch3curved; bending; arched4[to] bow (upper body)บางbaangบางbaang1some; certain2thin; slightๆ-เหนือnĕuuaเหนือnĕuua1north; the North2northern3above; over4superior to; aboveขอบฟ้าkòp fáaขอบฟ้าkòp fáa1horizon2horizons; scope; range
Tonight the moon is a thin crescent above the horizon.