เหี้ย

Thai

Alternative forms

เชี่ย (chîia)
เห้ (hêe)
เอี้ย (îia)
เฮีย (hiia)

Etymology

Unknown. There is a myth that the name of the lizard came from the exclamation of the person who first encountered it.(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Orthographic		เหี้ย e h ī ˆ y
Phonemic		เฮี่ย e ɦ ī ˋ y
Romanization	Paiboon	hîia
	Royal Institute	hia
(standard) IPA^(key)		/hia̯˥˩/^(R)

Asian water monitor

Egyptian spiny-tailed lizard

Noun

เหี้ย • (hîia)

(zoology) (ตัว~) Asian water monitor: the lizard Varanus salvator of the family Varanidae.
(biblical) tortoise (referring to Egyptian spiny-tailed lizard).
(loosely) (ตัว~) any large lizard.
(slang, vulgar, very offensive) (อี~, ไอ้~) anyone or anything considered to be unpleasant, unfavourable, disagreeable, or contemptible.

Derived terms

ไข่เหี้ย

Related terms

โคธา
ตะกวด (dtà-gùuat)
ตัวกินไก่
ตัวเงินตัวทอง
แลน (lɛɛn)

Adjective

เหี้ย • (hîia) (abstract noun ความเหี้ย)

(slang, vulgar, very offensive) unpleasant; unfavourable; disagreeable; contemptible.

Adverb

เหี้ย • (hîia)

(slang, vulgar, very offensive) unpleasantly; unfavourably; disagreeably; contemptibly.
(slang, vulgar, very offensive) used as an intensifier: the fuck, the hell, the heck, etc.
- ทำเหี้ยไรอยู่
  tam hîia rai yùu
  What the fuck are you doing?
(slang, vulgar, can be offensive) extremely; very.
- น่ารักเหี้ย
  nâa-rák hîia
  Fucking cute!
- ร้อนเหี้ย ๆ
  rɔ́ɔn hîia hîia
  Hot as fuck! (describing the weather)

Interjection

เหี้ย • (hîia)

(slang, vulgar, can be offensive) an exclamation of anger, contempt, disapproval, discontent, disgust, dismay, rejection, or surprise.