ยิ่งสูงยิ่งหนาว

Thai

Etymology

ยิ่ง (yîng, “more, increasingly”) +‎ สูง (sǔung, “high”) +‎ ยิ่ง (yîng, “more, increasingly”) +‎ หนาว (nǎao, “cold”). Lit. "the higher the colder."

Pronunciation

Orthographicยิ่งสูงยิ่งหนาว
y i ˋ ŋ s ū ŋ y i ˋ ŋ h n ā w
Phonemic
ยิ่ง-สูง-ยิ่ง-หฺนาว
y i ˋ ŋ – s ū ŋ – y i ˋ ŋ – h ̥ n ā w
RomanizationPaiboonyîng-sǔung-yîng-nǎao
Royal Instituteying-sung-ying-nao
(standard) IPA(key)/jiŋ˥˩.suːŋ˩˩˦.jiŋ˥˩.naːw˩˩˦/(R)

Proverb

ยิ่งสูงยิ่งหนาว • (yîng-sǔung-yîng-nǎao)

  1. it's lonely at the top
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