ขัดจังหวะ

kàt jang-wà

Meanings

1NounB1

[to] interrupt [sb]/[sth]

to break into someone’s speech or an ongoing activity so it does not continue smoothly

Examples

ขอโทษนะkŏr-tôht náขอโทษนะkŏr-tôht ná1[!] sorry (soft; familiar)2[!] excuse me (soft; familiar)ที่มาtêe maaที่มาtêe maa1background; provenance; etymology2source; reference (citation)3origin; sourceขัดจังหวะkàt jang-wàขัดจังหวะkàt jang-wà1[to] interrupt [sb]/[sth]2[to] disrupt the rhythm/timingแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)มีเรื่องmee rêuuangมีเรื่องmee rêuuang1[to] have an issue; something came up2[to] get into a quarrel/fightด่วนdùuanด่วนdùuan1urgent; immediate2urgent; express (service/class)3urgently; in a hurryจริงๆjing jingจริงๆjing jing1really; truly; actually; indeed2[!] really?!; seriously?!
Sorry to interrupt, but it's really something urgent.
2NounB2

[to] disrupt the rhythm/timing

to make the timing or rhythm uneven or off-beat; to throw off the cadence, especially in music or movement

Examples

มือกลองmeu glongมือกลองmeu glong1drummer2drummer (counting: คน/ท่าน)คนใหม่kon màiคนใหม่kon mài1new person; newcomer; new member/hire2new romantic partner (colloquial)ตีdteeตีdtee1[to] swat; smack (insects/objects)2[to] forge; hammer (metal)3[to] print; stamp; imprint4[to] estimate; reckon; guess (roughly)5[to] interpret; construe; take as6[to] chase away; drive off7o'clock (ตี + number, night hours)8[to] hit; strike; beat9[to] play (percussion); strike (a gong/drum)กลองglongกลองglong1drum2[to] drum; beat a drum3classifier: drumsขัดจังหวะkàt jang-wàขัดจังหวะkàt jang-wà1[to] interrupt [sb]/[sth]2[to] disrupt the rhythm/timingตลอดdtà-lòtตลอดdtà-lòt1throughout; continuously; all the time2throughout; along (extent/duration)3always; all the timeทำให้tam hâiทำให้tam hâi1[to] make; cause [sb/sth] to [do/be sth]; render2[to] do/make [sth] for [sb]เพลงplayngเพลงplayng1song; musical piece2classifier: songs/piecesฟังดูfang dooฟังดูfang dooto sound; seem (by hearing)แปลกๆbplàek bplàekแปลกๆbplàek bplàek1somewhat strange; kind of odd2weird/off; suspicious (colloquial)3oddly; in a strange way
The new drummer keeps drumming off-beat, making the song sound weird.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ขัดkàtขัดkàt1[to] feel awkward; be ill at ease2[to] scrub; scour3abrasive; scratchy4[to] obstruct; block5[to] polish; buff6[to] oppose; contradictPart 1
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จังหวะjang-wàจังหวะjang-wà1rhythm; beat2tempo; pace3timing; moment4stroke; move; step (in sports/dance)Part 2
ขัดจังหวะkàt jang-wàขัดจังหวะkàt jang-wà[to] interrupt [sb]/[sth]