* The diacritic ◌̃ represents a nasalized vowel.

[ SSS:

mai hiam buay paĩ ]

mai hiam buay pai

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Min nan:

莫

poj:

mài

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嫌

poj:

hiâm

+

𫧃歹

poj:

bōe-pháiⁿ

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definitions

expression

  1. 'don’t complain or criticize, it’s not that bad'; 'don’t be too picky and choosy'

    2. - Walao eh. I got this suit for $180, but Arif told me he got lobang in Bangkok that can do better one for $100.
    - Ok but still not bad what… Mai hiam buay paĩ.


usage notes

* The nasal vowel is almost always unmarked by speakers, though it is very important to the pronunciation of the term. In a dipthong or tripthong, the recommended convention is to mark the final vowel, unless it is spelled using a repeated letter, in which case the first-occurring repeated letter is marked.

related:

mai mai hiam2 hiam2 buay paĩ buay paĩ mai hiam1

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