เฮงซวย

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Thai

Etymology

From Teochew 興衰 / 兴衰 (hêng1 suê1, literally “rise and fall”).[1] Unrelated to Vietnamese hên xui.

Pronunciation

Orthographicเฮงซวย
e ɦ ŋ z w y
Phonemic
{Short}
เฮ็ง-ซวย
e ɦ ˘ ŋ – z w y
RomanizationPaiboonheng-suai
Royal Instituteheng-suai
(standard) IPA(key)/heŋ˧.sua̯j˧/(R)

Adjective

เฮงซวย • (heng-suai) (abstract noun ความเฮงซวย)

  1. (slang, vulgar, derogatory, offensive, oxymoron) bad, poor, or low (in behaviour, performance, quality, condition, etc.)

References

  1. ^ “คำศัพท์ “เฮงซวย” มาจากไหน? ฤาอิทธิพลจีนย้ายถิ่น สู่คำติดปากในไทยจนถึงวันนี้”, in ศิลปวัฒนธรรม‎ (in Thai), กรุงเทพฯ: มติชน, 2021 May 3, retrieved 2021-05-03
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