Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never inventedbeautiful; pretty; gorgeous; lovelycurated
to get scolded or hurt; to be in for itwiktionary
Less common senses (1)
perfectly steamed; well steamedwiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesและฉันคิดว่านั่นคือสิ่งที่สวยที่สุด
And I think that's the most beautiful thing about it.
เปิดดู สวยมาก
I open it. It's beautiful.
ฉันคิดว่าสวยที่สุดในโลก
I think it's the most beautiful thing in the world.
วิวสวยมาก แต่ฉันก็คิดถึงคนที่ตายที่นี่
The view is beautiful, but I also thought of the people who died here.
เวลามองจากบนสูง มันเขียวสวยมาก
Seen from up high, they're a beautiful green.
Built from
Jonsson (1991) suggested a derivation from a Proto-Southwestern Tai *suəjᴬ¹ (“handsome; slender”), but most Southwestern Tai languages lack reflexes for this hypothetical term. Suthiwan and Tadmor (2009) regards สวย (sǔai) as a loanword from Teochew 媠 (sui², “beautiful”). In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Lao ສວຍ (suāi). Corrupted from ซวย (suai).