เดี๋ยว

Thai

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from corruption of เดียว (diao, “one; single”). Compare Lao ດຽວ (diāu).

Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemicเดี๋ยว
e ɗ ī ˇ y w
RomanizationPaiboondǐao
Royal Institutediao
(standard) IPA(key)/dia̯w˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

เดี๋ยว • (dǐao)

  1. (colloquial) while; moment; instant.
    เดี๋ยวเดียว
    dǐao diao
    [just] a while; [just] a moment
    เดี๋ยวนี้
    dǐao níi
    [at] this instant

Adverb

เดี๋ยว • (dǐao)

  1. (colloquial) sometimes; on some occasions; at a certain time.
    เดี๋ยวดีเดี๋ยวร้าย
    dǐao dii dǐao ráai
    sometimes sane, sometimes insane
  2. (colloquial) soon; later.
  3. (colloquial) then; accordingly.

Conjunction

เดี๋ยว • (dǐao)

  1. (colloquial) unless; otherwise.

Interjection

เดี๋ยว • (dǐao)

  1. (colloquial) wait; hold on.

Derived terms
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