KY

See also: -ký, .ky, ky, ký, and Ky.

Translingual

Etymology

Chosen because other options were already in use by other countries.

Symbol

KY

(international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Cayman Islands.
Synonym: CYM (alpha-3)

English

Proper noun

KY

Abbreviation of Kentucky, a state of the United States of America.

Anagrams

YK

Chinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese K(ケー)Y(ワイ) (kēwai).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kēiwài

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄟㄨㄞˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: KY
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄟㄨㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: keiwài
  - Wade–Giles: kʻei¹-wai⁴
  - Yale: kēi-wài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keiway
  - Palladius: кэйвай (kɛjvaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰeɪ̯⁵⁵ waɪ̯⁵¹/

Verb

KY

(neologism, Internet slang) to be unable to read the room

Related terms

讀空氣／读空气 (dú kōngqì)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkaje/

Noun

KY (first-person possessive KYku, second-person possessive KYmu, third-person possessive KYnya)

(government) initialism of komisi yudisial (“judicial commission”).

Japanese

Adjective

K(ケー)Y(ワイ) • (kēwai)

kūki yomenai (空気よめない); (unable to read social cues)

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