จับได้(jàp dâi)

Meanings

1VerbB1

[to] catch; capture [sb/sth] (successfully)

to seize or capture someone or something; to succeed in catching

Examples

เมื่อวานmêuua waanเมื่อวานmêuua waan1yesterday (the day before today)2yesterday; yesterday (as an adverb)ตำรวจdtam-rùuatตำรวจdtam-rùuatpolice; police officerจับjàpจับjàp1[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.)ผู้ร้ายpôo ráaiผู้ร้ายpôo ráai1criminal; offender; perpetrator2villain (in stories)3culprit (figurative)ได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreed
Yesterday, the police caught the criminal.
2VerbB2

[to] catch (sb) in the act; discover wrongdoing; find out (a secret)

to discover someone's misdeed or secret, often by catching them red‑handed

Examples

ภรรยาpan-rá-yaaภรรยาpan-rá-yaawife (formal/neutral)จับได้jàp dâiจับได้jàp dâi1[to] catch; capture [sb/sth] (successfully)2[to] catch (sb) in the act; discover wrongdoing; find out (a secret)3[to] draw/pick (by lot)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeสามีsăa-meeสามีsăa-meehusband (formal/neutral)แอบàepแอบàep1[to] do [sth] secretly; [to] conceal (one’s actions)2[to] secretly like; have a crush (without telling)3secretly; on the slyเอาaoเอาao1[to] take; get; pick2[to] want (request/ordering)3[to] use; employ4[to] bring/take (for use)5marker: purpose/focus6marker: insistence/emphasis7[to] have sex (vulgar slang)เงินngernเงินngern1money2funds; finances3silver (metal)ไปซื้อของbpai séu kŏngไปซื้อของbpai séu kŏng[to] go shoppingเล่นlênเล่นlên1[to] act; perform (role)2casually; for fun (manner marker)3[to] tease; kid; mess with4[to] use; operate; take up (colloquial extension)5seriously; to a great degree (intensifier, often negative)6[to] play; have fun7[to] play (game/sport/instrument)
The wife caught her husband secretly using money to buy toys.
3VerbB2

[to] draw/pick (by lot)

to select by drawing lots, cards, or numbers (e.g., in a lottery or draft)

Examples

ตอนdtonตอนdton1episode; chapter2when; at the time (of)3section; part4time segment; periodจับสลากjàp sà-làakจับสลากjàp sà-làak1[to] draw lots; choose by lottery2[to] decide/allocate by lotของขวัญkŏng kwănของขวัญkŏng kwăngift; presentปีใหม่bpee màiปีใหม่bpee mài1New Year (holiday/season)2the new year (time period)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)จับได้jàp dâiจับได้jàp dâi1[to] catch; capture [sb/sth] (successfully)2[to] catch (sb) in the act; discover wrongdoing; find out (a secret)3[to] draw/pick (by lot)ของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotอยากได้yàak dâiอยากได้yàak dâi[to] want (to have); would like (to get)พอดีเลยpo dee loeiพอดีเลยpo dee loei[!] just right; perfect
During the New Year's gift exchange raffle, I happened to draw the gift I wanted.

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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ได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedPart 2
จับได้jàp dâiจับได้jàp dâi[to] catch; capture [sb/sth] (successfully)