ซ้ำซากจำเจ

sám sâak jam jay

Meanings

1AdjectiveC1

monotonous; tediously repetitive; stale

boring because it is the same over and over; lacking freshness or variety; idiomatic

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เบื่อbèuuaเบื่อbèuua1bored; fed up2[to] be bored with; be tired of3nauseated; queasy (colloq.)ชีวิตประจำวันchee-wít bprà-jam wanชีวิตประจำวันchee-wít bprà-jam wandaily life; everyday lifeที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotซ้ำซากจำเจsám sâak jam jayซ้ำซากจำเจsám sâak jam jay1monotonous; tediously repetitive; stale2monotonously; in a tediously repetitive wayตื่นdtèuunตื่นdtèuun1[to] be startled; alarmed; overexcited (about)2be awake; stay awake3[to] wake up; awakenเช้าcháaoเช้าcháao1morning2morning; early-morning3in the morningไปทำงานbpai tam ngaanไปทำงานbpai tam ngaan[to] go to workกลับบ้านglàp bâanกลับบ้านglàp bâan[to] go (back) home; return homeแล้วก็láeo gâwแล้วก็láeo gâw1and then; after that (sequence)2and also; plus (addition)3and; so; then (continuation/filler)นอนnonนอนnon1[to] sleep2[to] lie down; recline3reclining; lying down
I'm bored of my repetitive daily life: wake up, go to work, come home, and then sleep.
2AdverbC1

monotonously; in a tediously repetitive way

in a way that repeats without change and causes boredom

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightกินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to be] corrosive; erode5[to] take (a bribe); pocketเมนูmay-nooเมนูmay-noo1menu (software interface)2menu (food/drink list)เดิมๆderm dermเดิมๆderm derm1unchanged; same as before2as before; as usualซ้ำซากจำเจsám sâak jam jayซ้ำซากจำเจsám sâak jam jay1monotonous; tediously repetitive; stale2monotonously; in a tediously repetitive wayทุกวันtúk wanทุกวันtúk wan1every day; daily2everyday (attributive); dailyจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofรู้สึกrúu-sèukรู้สึกrúu-sèuk1[to] feel; sense2[to] feel (linking verb use)3[to] feel that…; think (impression/opinion)เบื่อbèuuaเบื่อbèuua1bored; fed up2[to] be bored with; be tired of3nauseated; queasy (colloq.)อาหารaa-hăanอาหารaa-hăan1food; nourishment2dish; meal3diet; what one eats
He has to eat the same menu repetitively and boringly every day until he's sick of food.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ซ้ำซากsám sâakซ้ำซากsám sâak1repetitive; monotonous2over and over; repeatedlyPart 1
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จำเจjam jayจำเจjam jay1monotonous; tedious; unvarying2[to] be monotonous; remain the same tediouslyPart 2
ซ้ำซากจำเจsám sâak jam jayซ้ำซากจำเจsám sâak jam jaymonotonous; tediously repetitive; stale