ไชโย

Thai

Etymology

From ชัย (chai), ultimately from Sanskrit जय (jaya, victory). Cognate with Khmer ជយោ (cĕəʼyoo), Hindi जय हो (jay ho).

Pronunciation

Orthographicไชโย
ai d͡ʑ o y
Phonemic
ไช-โย
ai d͡ʑ – o y
RomanizationPaiboonchai-yoo
Royal Institutechai-yo
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰaj˧.joː˧/(R)

Interjection

ไชโย • (chai-yoo)

  1. cheers!
  2. hurray!

Verb

ไชโย • (chai-yoo) (abstract noun การไชโย)

  1. to hail with bravos, say "bravo!"

See also

Further reading

  • ไชโย” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.