ดี

• IPA^(key): /di/

ดี (transliteration needed)

1. crossbow

From Proto-Tai *ɓliːᴬ (“gallbladder; bile”). Cognate with Lao ບີ (bī), Shan လီ (lǐi), Ahom 𑜓𑜣 (dī) or 𑜎𑜣 (lī), Zhuang mbei.

ดี • (dii)

1. gallbladder; bile.

From Proto-Tai *ɗɤjᴬ (“good”).

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨯᩦ (di), Lao ດີ (dī), Lü ᦡᦲ (ḋii), Shan လီ (lǐi), Tai Dam ꪒꪲ, Tai Dón ꪒꪲ, Ahom 𑜓𑜣 (dī), 𑜃𑜣 (nī) or 𑜑𑜣 (hī), Bouyei ndil, Zhuang ndei, Tày đây.

Compare Sui qdail (“good”), Southern Kam lail (“good”).

ดี • (dii) (abstract noun ความดี)

1. good:
   1. nice; fine; excellent; satisfactory; agreeable; pleasant; favourable.
      • รายได้ดี

        raai-dâai dii

        good income

      • เสียงดี

        sǐiang dii

        good (singing) voice

      • ข่าวดี

        kàao dii

        good news

      • ฝันดี

        fǎn dii

        good dream

      • อากาศดี

        aa-gàat dii

        good weather

   2. beautiful; adorable; lovely; attractive; handsome.
      • หุ่นดี

        hùn dii

        good (bodily) shape

      • หน้าตาดี

        nâa-dtaa dii

        good looking

   3. moral, virtuous, righteous; kind, benevolent; friendly.
      • คนดี

        kon dii

        good person

      • ใจดี

        jai dii

        good heart

      • เขาดีต่อฉันมาก

        kǎo dii dtɔ̀ɔ chǎn mâak

        He's so good to me.

   4. proper; right; appropriate.
      • มรรยาทดี

        man-yâat dii

        good manners

   5. well-behaved, well-mannered; educated, refined.
      • ภูมิหลังดี

        puum-lǎng dii

        good background

   6. noble; exalted; wellborn.
   7. smart; intelligent; clever; adept.
   8. sound, valid; honorable, worthy, in good standing
      • ชื่อเสียงดี

        chʉ̂ʉ-sǐiang dii

        good credit; good name; good reputation

   9. healthful; useful; beneficial.
      • ดีต่อสุขภาพ

        dii dtɔ̀ɔ sùk-kà-pâap

        good for health

   10. warm; close; intimate.
       • เพื่อนที่ดี

         pʉ̂ʉan tîi dii

         good friend
         (literally) friend that is good

   11. sufficient; ample; enough.
2. on good terms; on a friendly footing; having good relations.
3. in a normal, good, or proper condition; in a healthy condition; working, functioning, operative; usable, consumable.
   • ประตูไม่ดี

     bprà-dtuu mâi dii

     The door is broken.
     (literally) The door is not good.

   • สัญญาณไม่ดี

     sǎn-yaan mâi dii

     It's a bad line.
     (literally) The [phone] signal is not good.

   • เน็ตไม่ดี

     nèt mâi dii

     The internet connection is bad.
     (literally) The [inter]net [connection] is not good.

   • อาหารยังดีอยู่

     aa-hǎan yang dii yùu

     The food is edible still.
     (literally) The food is good still.

   • หูไม่ดี

     hǔu mâi dii

     (literally) The ears are not good (= having a hearing problem, having an ear disorder, etc).

   • คอมไม่ดี

     kɔm mâi dii

     The computer is out of service.
     (literally) The com[puter] is not good.

ดี • (dii) (abstract noun ความดี)

1. well: nicely, finely, excellently, satisfactorily, agreeably, pleasantly, etc.
   • พูดดี

     pûut dii

     well spoken; to speak well

   • ร้องดี

     rɔ́ɔng dii

     well sung; to sing well

   • ประพฤติดี

     bprà-prʉ́t dii

     well behaved; to behave well

2. quite; so.
   • อร่อยดี

     à-rɔ̀i dii

     quite delicious

   • สวยดี

     sǔai dii

     quite beautiful

   • เลวดี

     leeo dii

     quite bad

ดี • (dii)

1. (slang) Clipping of สวัสดี (sà-wàt-dii).

From English dee (“the letter D/d”).

ดี • (dii)

1. the letter D/d.