ตี๋

See also: ต, ติ, ตู้, ตี, and ตู

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Teochew 弟 (di6, “younger brother”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ตี๋ t ī ˇ
Romanization	Paiboon	dtǐi
	Royal Institute	ti
(standard) IPA(key)		/tiː˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

ตี๋ • (dtǐi)

1. Thai boy of Chinese descent, especially one with conventional Chinese look.
2. Chinese boy.
3. younger brother.

See also

• หมวย (mǔai)

References

• SEAlang Projects. (n.d.) Notes on Modern Chinese Loanwords in Thai. Retrieved: 2014-08-07.