เฮีย

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Min Nan 兄 (hiaⁿ, “elder brother”).[1]

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		เฮีย e ʔ ī y
Romanization	Paiboon	hiia
	Royal Institute	hia
(standard) IPA^(key)		/hia̯˧/

Noun

เฮีย • (hiia)

elder brother (especially said among Chinese people).
term used to address a respectful and/or older man

References

http://sealang.net/thai/chinese/modern.htm

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