แจ่ว(jàeo)

Meanings

1NounB1

Isan dipping sauce

a Northeastern Thai (Isan/Lao) dipping sauce, typically thin, salty-spicy, made with fish sauce, chili, lime, and herbs; eaten with grilled meats or sticky rice

Examples

วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)กินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to be] corrosive; erode5[to] take (a bribe); pocketคอkoคอko1neck2throat3collar; neckline4neck (of an object)5enthusiast; -lover (as suffix)หมูย่างmŏo yâangหมูย่างmŏo yâang1grilled/roasted pork2grilled‑pork (as modifier)กับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)แจ่วjàeoแจ่วjàeo1jaew with fermented fish2Isan dipping sauceรสเค็มrót kemรสเค็มrót kem1salty taste; saltiness2salty (in taste)เผ็ดpètเผ็ดpèt1spicy; hot (pungent)2figuratively fierce/bitingนิดๆnít nítนิดๆnít níta little; slightly (colloquial)อร่อยà-ròiอร่อยà-ròi1delicious; tasty2taste goodมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatly
Today I ate grilled pork neck with a slightly salty and spicy jaew; it was very tasty.
2NounB2

jaew with fermented fish

a variation of the sauce made with fermented fish (pla ra), giving a stronger aroma and flavor

Examples

แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseใส่sàiใส่sài1[to] put in; [to] add2[to] wear; [to] put on3[to] pour in; [to] fill4[to] include; [to] insert (data, settings)5[to] attack; [to] go at (colloq.)ปลาร้าbplaa ráaปลาร้าbplaa ráa1pla ra brine/liquid2fermented fish (seasoning)ลงในlong naiลงในlong nai1to put into; to enter (data into)2into; onto; inแจ่วjàeoแจ่วjàeo1jaew with fermented fish2Isan dipping sauceทำให้tam hâiทำให้tam hâi1[to] make; cause [sb/sth] to [do/be sth]; render2[to] do/make [sth] for [sb]กลิ่นแรงglìn raengกลิ่นแรงglìn raengstrong/pungent smellและláeและláeand (coordinating)รสชาติrót-châatรสชาติrót-châat1taste; flavor (of food/drink)2quality; character; feelจัดขึ้นjàt kûenจัดขึ้นjàt kûen1[to] be held; take place (of an event)2[to] organize; hold; stage (an event)จนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofกินกับgin gàpกินกับgin gàp[to] eat with [sth]ผักpàkผักpàk1CL: bunch; bundle (regional/dialectal)2vegetable(s)ลวกlûuakลวกlûuak1[to] blanch/scald (food); parboil2[to] scald (with hot liquid/steam)3sloppy; hasty; careless (work/attempt)อร่อยà-ròiอร่อยà-ròi1delicious; tasty2taste goodมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatly
Mom added fermented fish (pla ra) to the jaew, giving it a stronger aroma and a bolder taste, making it great with blanched vegetables.