ยิ่งสูงยิ่งหนาว

Thai

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ยิ่งสูงยิ่งหนาว 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
Romanization	Paiboon	yîng-sǔung-yîng-nǎao
	Royal Institute	ying-sung-ying-nao
(standard) IPA^(key)		/jiŋ˥˩.suːŋ˩˩˦.jiŋ˥˩.naːw˩˩˦/^(R)

Proverb

ยิ่งสูงยิ่งหนาว • (yîng-sǔung-yîng-nǎao)

it's lonely at the top

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