จิ้ม

Thai

Etymology

Compare Middle Chinese (MC tsimH, “to soak”). Probably related with จุ่ม (jùm), จุ้ม (jûm), and จ่อม (jɔ̀ɔm).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicจิ้ม
t͡ɕ i ˆ m
RomanizationPaiboonjîm
Royal Institutechim
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕim˥˩/(R)

Verb

จิ้ม • (jîm) (abstract noun การจิ้ม)

  1. to dip into.
  2. to poke; to spear (to pick up).

Derived terms

Further reading

  • จิ้ม” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.