โทรจิก
toh jìkMeaning
1VerbB1
[to] pester [sb] with phone calls (informal)
To call someone repeatedly to nag them, check on their whereabouts, or pressure them to respond or do something.
Examples
เมื่อวานmêuua waanเมื่อวานmêuua waan1yesterday (the day before today)2yesterday; yesterday (as an adverb)แฟนfaenแฟนfaen1romantic partner2fan; supporterโทรจิกtoh jìkโทรจิกtoh jìk[to] pester [sb] with phone calls (informal)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)3like; as (in the manner of)ทั้งวันtáng wanทั้งวันtáng wanall day; the whole dayถามtăamถามtăam[to] ask; inquireว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell2that (clause marker)3[to] think; consider; deem4[to] scold; reproach; criticizeเมื่อไหร่mêuua-ràiเมื่อไหร่mêuua-rài1when? (question word)2whenever; every time thatจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3will; would (in conditional results)กลับบ้านglàp bâanกลับบ้านglàp bâan[to] go (back) home; return home
Yesterday my partner kept calling me all day, asking when I would come home.
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Stop pestering me with calls. I'll call you back when the meeting is over.
ลูกค้าlûuk-káaโทรจิกtoh jìkฉันchănตั้งแต่dtâng dtàeเช้าcháaoเพราะpráwยังไม่ได้yang mâi dâaiรับrápของkŏngที่têeสั่งsàngไว้wái
The customer has been pestering me with calls since this morning because their order still hasn't arrived.
ฉันchǎnเข้าใจว่าkâo-jai-wâaเธอtəəเป็นห่วงbpen-hùuangแต่dtɛ̀ɛการโทรgaan-tooจิกjìkทุกครั้งที่túk-kráng-tîiฉันchǎnออกไปɔ̀ɔk-bpaiกับgàpเพื่อนpʉ̂ʉanทำให้tam-hâiฉันchǎnรู้สึกrúu-sʉ̀kเหมือนmʉ̌ʉanถูกtùukควบคุมkûuap-kum
I understand that you're worried, but repeatedly calling me whenever I go out with friends makes me feel controlled.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is โทรจิก said โท-ระ-จิก?
toh jìk
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
3 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableA long vowel with no final consonant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Low class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
Tone chart
Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.
| Mid class | High class | Low class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No mark + live | Mid | Rising | Mid |
| No mark + dead short | Low | Low | High |
| No mark + dead long | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai ek | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai tho | Falling | Falling | High |
| Mai tri | High | — | — |
| Mai chattawa | Rising | — | — |
Word Breakdown
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จิกjìkจิกjìk1[to] peck (bird action)2[to] dig into; claw; clutch tightly3[to] nag; pick on; snipe at; nitpick4Barringtonia tree5[to] pull hairline low on the forehead (hairstyle)6Siamese sal tree (Isan)[to] peck (bird action)Part 2
โทรจิกtoh jìkโทรจิกtoh jìk[to] pester [sb] with phone calls (informal)[to] pester [sb] with phone calls (informal)Word