หมวย

Thai

Alternative forms

  • ม่วย (mûai) — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Teochew 妹 (muê6, “younger sister”).[1]

Pronunciation

Orthographicหมวย
h m w y
Phonemic
หฺมวย
h ̥ m w y
RomanizationPaiboonmǔai
Royal Institutemuai
(standard) IPA(key)/mua̯j˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

หมวย • (mǔai)

  1. Thai girl of Chinese descent, especially one with conventional Chinese look
    Antonym: ตี๋ (dtǐi)

References

  1. ^ “Notes on Modern Chinese Loanwords in Thai”, in sealang.net‎[1] (in Thai), 12 February 2026
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