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| เดี๋ยว diaaoR |  |
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| 1. | เดี๋ยว | diaaoR | soon; shortly; momentarily |
| 2. | เดี๋ยว ๆ | diaaoR diaaoR | very soon; very shortly |
| 3. | เดี๋ยว ๆ | diaaoR diaaoR | "Just a minute." — "Wait a minute, please." |
| 4. | ประเดี๋ยว | bpraL diaaoR | in a moment; shortly; just a minute |
| 5. | เดี๋ยว | diaaoR | moment; instant |
| 6. | เดี๋ยว | diaaoR | [a word of warning, as in the sentence pattern] "..., or else..." |
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| Phonemic Thai | เดี๋ยว |
| IPA | dǐːaw |
| Royal Thai General System | diao |
| similar sounding | เดียว, เดี่ยว | ||
1.  [adverb] | |||
| definition | soon; shortly; momentarily | ||
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ถ้าเธอยังไม่ตั้งใจทำงานในออฟฟิศ เดี๋ยวฉันจะเนรเทศให้ไปทำในโรงงานเลยดีไหม  thaaF thuuhrM yangM maiF dtangF jaiM thamM ngaanM naiM aawfL fitH diaaoR chanR jaL naehM raH thaehtF haiF bpaiM thamM naiM ro:hngM ngaanM leeuyM deeM maiH "If you do not want work hard in the office, I will send you out to work in the factory; is that what you really want?" | |||
วันนี้ทำงานวันแรกออกตัวแรงเชียวนะ เดี๋ยวไม่เหลืองานอะไรให้ทำอีกหรอก wanM neeH thamM ngaanM wanM raaekF aawkL dtuaaM raaengM chiaaoM naH diaaoR maiF leuuaR ngaanM aL raiM haiF thamM eekL raawkL "This is your first day of work. You have gotten off to such a fast start that there might not be work left for you to do soon." | |||
| 2. เดี๋ยว ๆ diaaoR diaaoR [adverb] | |||
| definition | very soon; very shortly | ||
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| 3. เดี๋ยว ๆ diaaoR diaaoR | |||
| definition | "Just a minute." — "Wait a minute, please." | ||
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| 4. ประเดี๋ยว bpraL diaaoR [adverb] | |||
| definition | in a moment; shortly; just a minute | ||
| related word | แป๊บ  | bpaaepH | for a moment; for a second; shortly; momentarily |
| examples | ชั่วประเดี๋ยว | chuaaF bpraL diaaoR | while |
| ประเดี๋ยวประด๋าว | bpraL diaaoR bpraL daaoR | for a short period, for a short term, shortly, presently, momentarily | |
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| 5. [noun] | |||
| definition | moment; instant | ||
| examples | เดี๋ยวนี้ | diaaoR neeH | now; "Right now!"; "Pronto!" |
| เดี๋ยวนั้น | diaaoR nanH | at once; suddenly; abruptly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly; at that precise moment | |
| เดี๋ยวเดียว | diaaoR diaaoM | for a moment; for a short time; for a little while; for a minute; for a while | |
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| 6. [conjunction] | |||
| definition | [a word of warning, as in the sentence pattern] "..., or else..." | ||
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