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Gong
Pronunciation
Noun
ดี (transliteration needed)
- crossbow
Thai
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Tai *ɓliːᴬ (“gallbladder; bile”). Cognate with Lao ບີ (bī), Shan လီ (lǐi), Ahom 𑜓𑜣 (dī) or 𑜎𑜣 (lī), Zhuang mbei.
Noun
ดี • (dii)
- gallbladder; bile.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Tai *ɗɤjᴬ (“good”).
Cognate with Northern Thai ᨯᩦ (di), Lao ດີ (dī), Lü ᦡᦲ (ḋii), Shan လီ (lǐi), Tai Dam ꪒꪲ, Tai Dón ꪒꪲ, Ahom 𑜓𑜣 (dī), 𑜃𑜣 (nī) or 𑜑𑜣 (hī), Bouyei ndil, Zhuang ndei, Tày đây.
Compare Sui qdail (“good”), Southern Kam lail (“good”).
Alternative forms
Adjective
ดี • (dii) (abstract noun ความดี)
- good:
- nice; fine; excellent; satisfactory; agreeable; pleasant; favourable.
- รายได้ดี
- raai-dâai dii
- good income
- เสียงดี
- sǐiang dii
- good (singing) voice
- ข่าวดี
- kàao dii
- good news
- ฝันดี
- fǎn dii
- good dream
- อากาศดี
- aa-gàat dii
- good weather
- beautiful; adorable; lovely; attractive; handsome.
- หุ่นดี
- hùn dii
- good (bodily) shape
- หน้าตาดี
- nâa-dtaa dii
- good looking
- moral, virtuous, righteous; kind, benevolent; friendly.
- คนดี
- kon dii
- good person
- ใจดี
- jai dii
- good heart
- เขาดีต่อฉันมาก
- kǎo dii dtɔ̀ɔ chǎn mâak
- He's so good to me.
- proper; right; appropriate.
- มรรยาทดี
- man-yâat dii
- good manners
- well-behaved, well-mannered; educated, refined.
- ภูมิหลังดี
- puum-lǎng dii
- good background
- noble; exalted; wellborn.
- smart; intelligent; clever; adept.
- sound, valid; honorable, worthy, in good standing
- ชื่อเสียงดี
- chʉ̂ʉ-sǐiang dii
- good credit; good name; good reputation
- healthful; useful; beneficial.
- ดีต่อสุขภาพ
- dii dtɔ̀ɔ sùk-kà-pâap
- good for health
- warm; close; intimate.
- เพื่อนที่ดี
- pʉ̂ʉan tîi dii
- good friend
(literally) friend that is good
- sufficient; ample; enough.
- on good terms; on a friendly footing; having good relations.
- in a normal, good, or proper condition; in a healthy condition; working, functioning, operative; usable, consumable.
- ประตูไม่ดี
- bprà-dtuu mâi dii
- The door is broken.
(literally) The door is not good.
- สัญญาณไม่ดี
- sǎn-yaan mâi dii
- It's a bad line.
(literally) The signal is not good.
- เน็ตไม่ดี
- nèt mâi dii
- The internet connection is bad.
(literally) The net is not good.
- อาหารยังดีอยู่
- aa-hǎan yang dii yùu
- The food is edible still.
(literally) The food is good still.
- หูไม่ดี
- hǔu mâi dii
- (literally) The ears are not good (= having a hearing problem, having an ear disorder, etc).
- คอมไม่ดี
- kɔm mâi dii
- The computer is out of service.
(literally) The com is not good.
Adverb
ดี • (dii) (abstract noun ความดี)
- well: nicely, finely, excellently, satisfactorily, agreeably, pleasantly, etc.
- พูดดี
- pûut dii
- well spoken; to speak well
- ร้องดี
- rɔ́ɔng dii
- well sung; to sing well
- ประพฤติดี
- bprà-prʉ́t dii
- well behaved; to behave well
- quite; so.
- อร่อยดี
- à-rɔ̀i dii
- quite delicious
- สวยดี
- sǔai dii
- quite beautiful
- เลวดี
- leeo dii
- quite bad
Antonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Interjection
ดี • (dii)
- (slang) Clipping of สวัสดี (sà-wàt-dii).
Etymology 4
From English dee (“the letter D/d”).
Noun
ดี • (dii)
- the letter D/d.