เยี่ยว

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Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *niəwᴮ (urine), from Middle Chinese 尿 (MC newH, “urine; to piss”). Cognate with Lao ຍ່ຽວ (nyiāu), ᦵᦍᧁᧈ (yew¹), Tai Dam ꪹꪑꪸ꪿ꪫ, Shan ယဵဝ်ႈ (yāeo), Ahom 𑜊𑜢𑜈𑜫 (jʸiw), Zhuang nyouh, Nong Zhuang nyuh, Saek หญู้.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicเยี่ยว
e y ī ˋ y w
RomanizationPaiboonyîao
Royal Instituteyiao
(standard) IPA(key)/jia̯w˥˩/(R)

Noun

เยี่ยว (yîao)

  1. (vulgar, sometimes offensive) piss (urine)
    Synonyms: ฉี่ (chìi), เบา (bao), ปัสสาวะ (bpàt-sǎa-wá), มูตร (mûut)
    Coordinate term: ขี้ (kîi)

Derived terms

Verb

เยี่ยว (yîao) (abstract noun การเยี่ยว)

  1. (intransitive, vulgar, sometimes offensive) to piss (urinate)
    Synonyms: ฉี่ (chìi), ปัสสาวะ (bpàt-sǎa-wá)
    Coordinate term: ขี้ (kîi)