ผีน้อย

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Thai

Etymology

From ผี (pǐi, ghost) +‎ น้อย (nɔ́ɔi, little); literally "little ghost"; believed to be first used by the workers as a code to refer to themselves.[1]

Pronunciation

Orthographicผีน้อย
pʰ ī n ˆ ɒ y
Phonemic
ผี-น้อย
pʰ ī – n ˆ ɒ y
RomanizationPaiboonpǐi-nɔ́ɔi
Royal Institutephi-noi
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰiː˩˩˦.nɔːj˦˥/(R)

Noun

ผีน้อย (pǐi-nɔ́ɔi) (classifier คน)

  1. (slang, derogatory) illegal Thai worker in a foreign country (especially South Korea).

References

  1. ^ Ethanol (2017 May 20) “อ่านแล้วกระจ่าง ตีแผ่วงการผีน้อย แท้จริงแล้วคนไทยเสี่ยงโดดวีซ่าไปทำอะไรกันที่เกาหลีใต้จน ตม. ส่งตัวกลับเป็นว่าเล่น”, in TNews Online (in Thai), Bangkok: TNews, retrieved 2019-05-20