ไง

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Thai

Etymology

Clipping of ยังไง (yang-ngai), a corruption of อย่างไร (yàang-rai).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicไง
ai ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonngai
Royal Institutengai
(standard) IPA(key)/ŋaj˧/(R)

Pronoun

ไง (ngai)

  1. (colloquial) how; what; in what way.
    เป็นไงบ้าง
    bpen ngai bâang
    How's it going?

Interjection

ไง (ngai)

  1. (colloquial) used as a conventional greeting.

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