Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never inventedgood; nice; fine; excellent; satisfactory; agreeable; pleasant; favourable; happycurated
well; nicely; finely; excellently; satisfactorily; agreeably; pleasantlycurated
proper; right; appropriatewiktionary
beautiful; adorable; lovely; attractive; handsomewiktionary
moral; virtuous; righteous; kind; benevolent; friendlywiktionary
well-behaved; well-mannered; educated; refinedwiktionary
smart; intelligent; clever; adeptwiktionary
sound; valid; honorable; worthy; in good standingwiktionary
healthful; useful; beneficialwiktionary
in a normal, good, proper, or healthy condition; working; functioning; usable; consumablewiktionary
on good terms; having good relationswiktionary
warm; close; intimatewiktionary
sufficient; ample; enoughwiktionary
noble; exalted; wellbornwiktionary
quite; sowiktionary
Less common senses (3)
shortened form of สวัสดีwiktionary
gallbladder; bilewiktionary
the name of the Latin letter D/dwiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesปีที่แล้วเราขายข้าวได้ราคาไม่ดี
Last year we didn't get a good price for our rice.
Mind · บุรีรัมย์from นาข้าวหน้าแล้ง →
รายได้ไม่แน่นอน บางปีดี บางปีไม่ดี
Income isn't predictable — some years good, some years not.
Ing · กาฬสินธุ์from เงินที่พ่อแม่ส่งมาให้ →
เร็วไปนิด แต่ก็ดีกว่าสาย
A little early — but better than late.
Sorzo · พระนครศรีอยุธยาfrom ทำงานวันแรก →
Built from
From Proto-Tai *ɗɤjᴬ (“good”). In Southwestern Tai, 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). In Central Tai, cognate with Tày đây. In Northern Tai, cognate with Zhuang ndei, Bouyei ndil. Compare Sui qdail (“good”), Southern Kam lail (“good”). From Proto-Tai *ɓliːᴬ (“gallbladder; bile”). In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Lao ບີ (bī), Shan လီ (lǐi), Ahom 𑜓𑜣 (dī) or 𑜎𑜣 (lī). In Northern Tai, cognate with Zhuang mbei. Clipping of สวัสดี (sà-wàt-dii). Borrowed from English dee (“the letter D/d”).