เจ๊(jé)

Meanings

1NounB1

older woman (familiar); older sister (Thai‑Chinese usage)

a familiar form of address for an older woman, similar to “older sister,” common in Thai‑Chinese or marketplace contexts.

Examples

หนูnŏoหนูnŏo1mouse; rat2you (addressing a child/younger person)3I; me (polite, childlike/feminine in Thai)ขอkŏrขอkŏr1[to] request; ask for [sth]2[to] beg; plead3[to] wish for; pray for4polite request markerซื้อséuซื้อséu1[to] buy; purchase2[to] bribe; buy offผักกาดpàk gàatผักกาดpàk gàat1leafy brassica; mustard/cabbage (general)2mustard greens (ผักกาดเขียว)3napa/Chinese cabbage (ผักกาดขาว)หน่อยnòiหน่อยnòi1a little; a bit2polite softener (request)ค่ะkâค่ะkâ1polite particle (female, statement)2polite particle (female, short response)เจ๊jéเจ๊jé1older woman (familiar); older sister (Thai‑Chinese usage)2vocative to address an older woman3female boss; proprietress
I'd like to buy some lettuce, ma'am (older sister).
2NounB2

female boss; proprietress

a colloquial term for a woman who is the boss or owner, especially of a small shop or business.

Examples

ร้านráanร้านráan1shop; store2restaurant; eatery3booth; stallข้าวkâaoข้าวkâao1rice (cooked)2rice (grain/uncooked)3meal; food (general)4rice plant; paddyมันmanมันman1it (thing/animal)2he/she (colloquial, impolite)3greasy; oily; fatty4starchy tuber (yam, taro, etc.)5oil/fat (substance)6creamy; rich (texture/taste)7fun; thrilling; highly entertainingไก้gâiไก้gâiscabies; itchy rash (dialectal)ย่านนี้yâan néeย่านนี้yâan néethis area; this neighborhoodขายดีkăai deeขายดีkăai dee1selling well; popular (in sales)2[to] sell wellมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatlyเพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingเจ๊jéเจ๊jé1older woman (familiar); older sister (Thai‑Chinese usage)2vocative to address an older woman3female boss; proprietressดูแลdoo laeดูแลdoo lae1[to] take care of; look after2[to] supervise; be in charge of3[to] maintain; serviceเองayngเองayng1oneself; personally; by oneself2exactly that/itself3emphatic particle (self/only)ทุกtúkทุกtúk1every; each2every (interval/frequency)ขั้นตอนkân dtonขั้นตอนkân dton1step; stage (in a process)2procedure; process steps
The Hainanese chicken rice shop here sells very well because the female boss handles every step herself.
3NounB2

vocative to address an older woman

used before a name or alone to call or address an older woman informally but respectfully (e.g., เจ๊อ้อยเจ๊อ้อยjé ôi1older-sister/ma'am Aoi (colloquial address)2nickname (female)).

Examples

เมื่อวานmêuua waanเมื่อวานmêuua waan1yesterday (the day before today)2yesterday; yesterday (as an adverb)ผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)เจอjerเจอjer1[to] meet; run into2[to] face; experience3[to] find; come acrossเจ๊อ้อยjé ôiเจ๊อ้อยjé ôi1older-sister/ma'am Aoi (colloquial address)2nickname (female)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotตลาดdtà-làatตลาดdtà-làat1popular; mainstream (colloq.)2market; marketplace3market (economic demand/sector)เลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)ทักtákทักták1[to] greet; say hello2[to] message; ping (informal)3[to] remark on; call out (a flaw/issue) [colloq.]ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeเจ๊อ้อยjé ôiเจ๊อ้อยjé ôi1older-sister/ma'am Aoi (colloquial address)2nickname (female)สบายดีไหมsà-baai dee măiสบายดีไหมsà-baai dee măi[phrase] How are you?; Are you well?ครับkrápครับkráp1polite particle (male speaker)2acknowledgment/response particle
Yesterday I met Je Aoi at the market, so I greeted her, “Je Aoi, how are you?”

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