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เห็นขี้ดีกว่าไส้

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Thai

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Etymology

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From เห็น (hěn, to think; to view; to consider) +‎ ขี้ (kîi, faeces) +‎ ดี (dii, good) +‎ กว่า (gwàa, more; over) +‎ ไส้ (sâi, intestine); literally "to regard faeces as better than intestines".

Pronunciation

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Orthographicเห็นขี้ดีกว่าไส้
e h ˘ n kʰ ī ˆ ɗ ī k w ˋ ā ai s ˆ
Phonemic
เห็น-ขี้-ดี-กฺว่า-ไส้
e h ˘ n – kʰ ī ˆ – ɗ ī – k ̥ w ˋ ā – ai s ˆ
RomanizationPaiboonhěn-kîi-dii-gwàa-sâi
Royal Institutehen-khi-di-kwa-sai
(standard) IPA(key)/hen˩˩˦.kʰiː˥˩.diː˧.kwaː˨˩.saj˥˩/(R)

Verb

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เห็นขี้ดีกว่าไส้ (hěn-kîi-dii-gwàa-sâi) (abstract noun การเห็นขี้ดีกว่าไส้)

  1. (idiomatic) to regard someone else as better than one's own relatives.