จับจ้อง(jàp jông)

Meanings

1VerbB1

[to] stare; gaze fixedly

to look at someone or something continuously with intense focus

Examples

แมวmaeoแมวmaeo1cat2cat (any feline)ของฉันkŏng chănของฉันkŏng chănmy; mineชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)จับจ้องjàp jôngจับจ้องjàp jông1[to] stare; gaze fixedly2[to] fix one’s attention on3[to] keep a close watch (on)นกnókนกnók1bird2[to] get stood up; miss out (slang)3classifier for birds (ตัว)นอกหน้าต่างnôk nâa dtàangนอกหน้าต่างnôk nâa dtàangoutside the window
My cat likes to stare intently at the birds outside the window.
2VerbB2

[to] fix one’s attention on

to concentrate one’s attention closely on something over a period of time

Examples

ตอนนี้dton néeตอนนี้dton née1now; at the moment2this time/this moment (time noun)นักเรียนnák riianนักเรียนnák riianschool student; pupilมัธยมศึกษาปีที่หกmát-tá-yom sèuk-săa bpee têe hòkมัธยมศึกษาปีที่หกmát-tá-yom sèuk-săa bpee têe hòkMathayom 6ทุกคนtúk konทุกคนtúk koneveryone; everybodyกำลังgam-langกำลังgam-lang1power; strength2power; force (physics)3troops; forces4currently; in the middle ofจับจ้องjàp jôngจับจ้องjàp jông1[to] stare; gaze fixedly2[to] fix one’s attention on3[to] keep a close watch (on)อยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)การสอบเข้าgaan sòp kâoการสอบเข้าgaan sòp kâoentrance examinationมหาวิทยาลัยmá-hăa-wít-tá-yaa-laiมหาวิทยาลัยmá-hăa-wít-tá-yaa-laiuniversity
Right now, all 12th-grade students are concentrating their attention on the university entrance exams.
3VerbB2

[to] keep a close watch (on)

to monitor closely and intently, often without looking away

Examples

พยาบาลpá-yaa-baanพยาบาลpá-yaa-baan1nurse2[to] nurse; [to] care forต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightคอยkoiคอยkoi1[to] wait (for [sb]/[sth])2keep (doing); keep on (doing)3[to] be on standby; be readyจับจ้องjàp jôngจับจ้องjàp jông1[to] stare; gaze fixedly2[to] fix one’s attention on3[to] keep a close watch (on)อาการaa-gaanอาการaa-gaan1symptom2state; condition3manner; comportmentของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsคนไข้kon kâiคนไข้kon kâipatient (medical)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ห้องไอซียูhông ai see yooห้องไอซียูhông ai see yooICU; intensive care unitอย่างใกล้ชิดyàang glâi chítอย่างใกล้ชิดyàang glâi chítclosely
The nurse has to closely monitor the condition of the patient in the ICU.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

จับjàpจับjàp1[to] hold; grasp2[to] touch; feel3[to] catch; seize; capture4[to] arrest5[to] detect; pick up; sense6[to] assign; pair up; match7[to be] chilled; feel cold (body part)8[to] set; fix (price, time, etc.)Part 1
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จ้องjôngจ้องjông1[to] stare; fix one’s gaze2[to] set one’s sights on; target (figurative)Part 2
จับจ้องjàp jôngจับจ้องjàp jông[to] stare; gaze fixedly