1. (verb)To poke by using a sharp object (not necessary a knife or a needle, it can be a pen, a stick, or even a finger)
2. (verb)To rob someone by using a knife, a gun.
3. (verb) To tickle
4. (adjective) Humorous
Other usages:
จี้ไฝ (verb): To remove a mole by laser (beam), for example.
บ้าจี้ (verb): To be overly sensitive to touch
1. (verb) To polish (shoes, floors, pots, etc.)
2. (verb) To obstruct, to go against/oppose (something)
Other usages:
ขัดใจ (verb) : To displease someone by not following his/her preference(s)
แก้ขัด (verb, adverb) : To make do with (something, by doing something)
1. (noun) Screen (for TV, telephone, computer, etc.)
2. (noun) The year of dog for Chinese zodiac:- ปีจอ
Other usage: จอแจ (adjective, adverb) : To be bustling, crowded.
1. (verb) To patch; eg.
ปะ yaang = To patch tyre
2. (verb) To meet (someone) unexpectedly
něe seŭa ปะ jorrákây = (direct translation) To run away from a tiger but run into a crocodile/an alligator : equivalent English idiom is ‘Out of the frying pan into the fire’
3. (colloquial) Let’s go. Please note that for this meaning the tone is not exactly so low like in the video. It has to be closer to the 1st tone (or mid tone).
1. (noun) Act, pose; eg.
ผู้ชายคนนั้นท่าทางน่าสงสัย
Phôo chaai khon nán thâa thaang nâh song săi
That man looks suspicious. OR
That man is acting suspicious.
2. (noun) Pier, harbor; eg.
ท่าเรือ
Thâa reua
Boat pier
1. (noun) Work shift; eg.
พี่ชายทำงานกะเช้า
Phêe chaai tham ngaan กะ chaáo
Elder brother works morning shift.
2. (verb) To estimate; eg.
เขากะว่าจะทำงานชิ้นนี้เสร็จในสามวัน
Khăo กะ wâh jà tham ngaan chín née sèt nai săam wan
He estimates that he will finish this task within 3 days.
3. (conj.) And (typically used in casually spoken context); eg.
ฉันไม่อยากไปเที่ยวกะเธอ
Chăn mâi yàhk pai thiâo กะ ther
I don’t want to go out with you.
1. (noun) Frame, panel (of doors, windows); eg.
ช่างมาติดบานประตูไม้สัก
Châang mah tìd บาน pràtoo mái sàk
Repairman/Handyman comes to fix a teak door frame.
2. (classifier) To be used with – doors/windows (of houses), mirror; eg.
เปิดหน้าต่างบานนี้หน่อยสิคะ
Pèrd nâh tàhng บาน née nòi sì khá
Open this window, please.
3. (verb) To bloom, to blossom; eg.
ดอกไม้บาน
Dòrk mái บาน
Flower blossoms.
หน้าบาน
Nâh บาน
//Imagine this, the situation that makes your face blossom with (wide) smile. Hence when someone is nâh บาน means the person is extremely delighted (as obvious from the smile on his/her face).
4. (adv) Excessively (for colloquial use); eg.
มีคนบานเบอะบนรถไฟฟ้า
Mee khon บาน bèr bon rót fai fáh
There are a great deal of people on the train.
1. (verb) to stick, to attached: eg. ติดใจ
2. (verb) to be addicted to: eg. ติดยา
3. (verb) to be stuck: eg. รถติด
4. (verb) to start: eg. ติดไฟ
5. (verb) to contract (an illness): eg. ติดไข้
1. (noun) bowl, typically made of stainless steel or plastic: eg. ขันน้ำ
2. (verb) to tighten up; to wrench: eg. ขันน็อต
3. (verb) to crow; eg. ไก่ขัน
4. (verb) to laugh
5. (adv) amusingly
1. (conj) but; eg.
ฉันเป็นคนไทย แต่ฉันไม่ชอบกินผัดไทย
Chăn pen khon Thai tàe chăn mâi chôrb kin phàd thai
I am a Thai person but I do not like to eat phad thai.
2. (adj) only, being the single one; eg.
ฉันมีแต่เสื้อสีชมพู
Chăn mee tàe seûa sĕe chomphoo
I have only pink shirts.
3. (prep) since, continuously from; eg.
ฉันไปทำงาน(ตั้ง)แต่เช้า
Chăn pai tham ngaan (tâng) tàe chaáo
I go to work since (early in the) morning
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