เมีย
miia
Very common
RareEveryday
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In a nutshell
'Wife' — the everyday, casual word; 'phan-ra-ya' is the polite one.
- NouncolloquialMore Detailเมีย is also used for referring to a long-term girlfriend as well a wife. เมีย is a colloquial and mildly impolite term; although it's widely used by men when talking amongst themselves, some women may object to it being used to refer to them in their presence. แฟน (for girlfriend) and ภรรยา (for wife) are safer terms, although ภรรยา has the opposite problem of being slightly too formal sounding for colloquial language..Built up from เมีย16ตัวเมียdtuua miiafemale(of an animal species)Often heardWorth learningเพศเมียpêt miiafemaleOften heardWorth learningเมียหลวงmiia lŭuangwifeOccasionalNot a priority to learnเมียน้อยmiia nóimistress,"mia noi"ObscureSafe to skip for nowเมียลับmiia lápmistress,kept woman,fancy womanObscureSafe to skip for nowเมียเก็บmiia gèpconcubine,mistressObscureSafe to skip for nowเมียเก่าmiia gàoex-wifeObscureSafe to skip for nowเมียเช่าmiia châoprostituteObscureSafe to skip for now