See also: , ขี่, and ขู่

Thai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tai *C̬.qɯjꟲ (excrement); cognate with Northern Thai ᨡᩦ᩶, Lao ຂີ້ (khī), ᦃᦲᧉ (ẋii²), Shan ၶီႈ (khīi), Ahom 𑜁𑜣 (khī), Zhuang haex, Saek ไกฺ. Compare Sui ggeex, Proto-Kra *kaiꟲ and Proto-Hlai *ɦaːjʔ (whence haːj³ in most modern lects). Compare also Proto-Austronesian *Caqi (whence Paiwan tsaqi, Malay tahi, Malagasy tay), Old Chinese (OC *[qʰ]ijʔ) (B-S).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicขี้
kʰ ī ˆ
Phonemic
คี่
g ī ˋ
RomanizationPaiboonkîi
Royal Institutekhi
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰiː˥˩/(R)
Homophonesคี่

Verb

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ขี้ (kîi) (abstract noun การขี้)

  1. (intransitive, vulgar, sometimes offensive) to shit (defecate)
    Coordinate term: เยี่ยว (yîao)

Synonyms

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Noun

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ขี้ (kîi)

  1. (vulgar, sometimes offensive) shit (faeces)
    Synonyms: อุจจาระ (ùt-jaa-rá), มูล (muun), กรีษ (grìit), บังคน (bang-kon), บังคนหนัก, หนัก (nàk), มีฬหะ, วัจจะ, วัจ (wát), เวจ (wêet), อึ (ʉ̀), อึ๊ (ʉ́), อุนจิ (un-jì), อาจม (aa-jom), คูถ (kûut)
    Coordinate term: เยี่ยว (yîao)
  2. (colloquial) any dirty substance, unwanted substance, or waste matter discharged from or found on the body, as scurf, snot, earwax, etc.

Particle

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ขี้ (kîi)

  1. (sometimes considered vulgar) used as a prefix to any word to form a noun, indicating the state of being a dirty substance, unwanted substance, or waste matter.
  2. (sometimes considered vulgar) used as a prefix to any word to form an adjective or adverb, indicating a tendency, propensity, habit, behaviour, or condition, especially an unfavourable one.

Derived terms

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