จุกจิก
jùk-jìk
Meanings
1NounB1
fussy; picky
Describing someone who is hard to please or overly concerned with small details.
Examples
ลูกค้าlûuk-káaลูกค้าlûuk-káa1customer; client2regular customer; patronคนนี้kon néeคนนี้kon néethis personจุกจิกjùk-jìkจุกจิกjùk-jìk1fussy; picky2petty; trivial; nitpicky3[to] fuss; nitpick; be fussyมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatlyเลือกlêuuakเลือกlêuuak1[to] choose; select; pick2picky; choosy; selective3[to] electสีsĕeสีsĕe1hue; shade; tone2paint3[to] rub; scrub; polish4colorถุงtŭngถุงtŭng1classifier: bags; sacks; packets2condom3bag; sack; pouchยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)ไม่พอใจmâi por jaiไม่พอใจmâi por jai[to be] dissatisfied; displeased; unhappy (with [sth]/[sb])สักทีsàk teeสักทีsàk tee1finally; at last2already; for once (urging/complaint)
This customer is very hard to please; even the bag color doesn’t satisfy them.
2NounB1
petty; trivial; nitpicky
Describing matters or tasks that are small, unimportant, or involve many minor hassles.
Examples
งานngaanงานngaan1work; job; employment2task; assignment; duty3event; fair; function4work (product); creation5joule (physics unit)6unit (classifier) for eventsวันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)มีแต่mee dtàeมีแต่mee dtàe1have only; nothing but2there is/are only; nothing else3do nothing but; only ever [do]4only serves to; merely results inเรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesจุกจิกjùk-jìkจุกจิกjùk-jìk1fussy; picky2petty; trivial; nitpicky3[to] fuss; nitpick; be fussyแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] cook; prepare food3[to] cause; make4[to] work; be employed5[to] act; behaveเสร็จsètเสร็จsèt1finished; done2[to] finish; be done3ready; all set4done for; screwed (slang)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)
Today’s work was full of minor hassles, but I finished it.
3NounB2
[to] fuss; nitpick; be fussy
To complain about or pay excessive attention to trivial details; to make a fuss over small things.
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)จุกจิกjùk-jìkจุกจิกjùk-jìk1fussy; picky2petty; trivial; nitpicky3[to] fuss; nitpick; be fussyเรื่องเล็กน้อยrêuuang lék nóiเรื่องเล็กน้อยrêuuang lék nói1trivial matter; minor issue2no big deal; don’t mention itจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofเพื่อนๆpêuuan pêuuanเพื่อนๆpêuuan pêuuan1friends (plural)2friends! (as address)รำคาญram-kaanรำคาญram-kaan1annoyed; irritated2[to] annoy; bother; irritate
He likes to fuss over small things so much that his friends get annoyed.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
ยิบย่อยyíp yòiยิบย่อยyíp yòi1minor; trivial; petty2odds and ends; small items/details
- minor; trivial; petty
- odds and ends; small items/details
คิดเล็กคิดน้อยkít lék kít nóiคิดเล็กคิดน้อยkít lék kít nói[to] be petty; [to] fuss over trivial things
[to] be petty; [to] fuss over trivial things
ยุบยิบyúp yípยุบยิบyúp yíp1tingly; prickly; crawling (sensation)2full of small, fiddly tasks/details
- tingly; prickly; crawling (sensation)
- full of small, fiddly tasks/details
หยุมหยิมyŭm-yĭmหยุมหยิมyŭm-yĭm1trivial; fiddly; full of tiny details2fussy; nitpicky
- trivial; fiddly; full of tiny details
- fussy; nitpicky
จู้จี้jôo jêeจู้จี้jôo jêe1fussy; nagging2nag; nitpick
- fussy; nagging
- nag; nitpick
Word Breakdown
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จุกจิกjùk-jìkจุกจิกjùk-jìkfussy; picky