ซีดเซียว
pale and drawn
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- 1 pale and drawn、wan、haggard-looking
Describes someone who looks pale, drawn, and lacking vitality, often because of illness, exhaustion, or stress.
pale and drawn、wan、haggard-looking
Describes a person's face or appearance as unusually pale, drawn, and unhealthy-looking.
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หน้าตาซีดเซียว nâataa sîitsiaw a pale, drawn appearance หน้าตาซีดเซียว details
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ทำไมวันนี้หน้าตาซีดเซียวจัง thammay wan níi nâataa sîitsiaw caŋ Why do you look so pale and drawn today? ทำไมวันนี้หน้าตาซีดเซียวจัง details
Learning notes
Explanation
ซีดเซียว conveys more than pale coloring: it suggests that someone looks drawn, weak, and lacking vitality. It is commonly associated with illness, sleep deprivation, overwork, hunger, or prolonged stress. Frequent patterns include หน้าซีดเซียว, หน้าตาซีดเซียว, and ดูซีดเซียว. Like many Thai descriptive words, it can directly serve as the predicate of a sentence without a separate verb meaning “to be.”
Usage
Used when someone looks unwell after illness or appears worn out from lack of sleep, overwork, hunger, or stress. In conversation, it often appears when expressing concern about someone's health based on their appearance.
Caution
It is mainly used for a person's face or overall appearance, not for faded objects such as clothing. For someone suddenly turning pale from fear or shock, หน้าซีด or หน้าซีดเผือด may be more natural.
Differences from similar words
1 pale and drawn synonyms
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ซีด simply means “pale” or “faded” and can describe either people or objects. ซีดเซียว is mainly used of people and adds the sense of looking drawn, weak, or unhealthy.
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ซีดเผือด often describes someone turning extremely pale, especially from fear or shock. ซีดเซียว is more suggestive of a weak, drawn appearance caused by illness or fatigue.
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อิดโรย emphasizes exhaustion and lack of energy without necessarily implying paleness. ซีดเซียว focuses more on a pale, drawn, unhealthy appearance.