ใจลอย(jai loi)
Meanings
1AdjectiveB1
absent-minded; distracted
not focused or attentive because the mind has drifted to other thoughts
Examples
วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ใจลอยjai loiใจลอยjai loi1absent-minded; distracted2[to] daydream; zone outเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)ฟังfangฟังfang1listen2heed3[to] sound; seem (to the ear)ครูkruuครูkruu1teacher2master; mentor (respectful)3teacher (classifier; formal)ไม่ค่อยmâi kôiไม่ค่อยmâi kôi1rarely; seldom; not often2not very; hardly (degree)รู้เรื่องróo rêuuangรู้เรื่องróo rêuuang1[to] understand; be aware/informed (of sth)2understandable; intelligible; coherent3[to] face consequences; be in trouble (colloq.)4[to] resolve/settle [sth]; make [sth] clear
I was spaced out today, so I didn’t really follow the teacher.
2VerbB1
[to] daydream; zone out
to let the mind drift and daydream, losing attention to what is around
Examples
วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)นั่งnângนั่งnâng1[to] sit; sit down2[to] take; ride [sth] (vehicle)เรียนriianเรียนriian1[to] study; learn2[to] take (a course/subject)3[to] respectfully inform; address (formal)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)ใจลอยjai loiใจลอยjai loi1absent-minded; distracted2[to] daydream; zone outคิดถึงkít tĕungคิดถึงkít tĕung1[to] miss [sb/sth]; long for2[to] think of; remember [sb/sth]ทริปเที่ยวtríp tîaoทริปเที่ยวtríp tîaotrip; outing; excursionทะเลtá-layทะเลtá-lay1sea2seaside; the beach
Today I sat in class daydreaming, thinking about the beach trip.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
เผลอใจลอยplĕr jai loiเผลอใจลอยplĕr jai loi[to] daydream; zone out
[to] daydream; zone out
เหม่อลอยmèr loiเหม่อลอยmèr loi1[to] be absent-minded; be lost in thought; daydream2absent-minded; distracted; inattentive
- [to] be absent-minded; be lost in thought; daydream
- absent-minded; distracted; inattentive
หลุดไปlùt bpaiหลุดไปlùt bpai1[to] come off; [to] escape2[to] slip out (words)3[to] zone out; [to] space out
- [to] come off; [to] escape
- [to] slip out (words)
- [to] zone out; [to] space out
เหม่อmèrเหม่อmèr1absent-minded; dreamy; distracted2[to] daydream; zone out
- absent-minded; dreamy; distracted
- [to] daydream; zone out
ล่องลอยlông loiล่องลอยlông loi1[to] float; drift; waft2absent-minded; dreamy; spaced out
- [to] float; drift; waft
- absent-minded; dreamy; spaced out
Word Breakdown
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ใจลอยjai loiใจลอยjai loiabsent-minded; distracted