จุ

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicจุ
t͡ɕ u
RomanizationPaiboonjù
Royal Institutechu
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕuʔ˨˩/(R)

Etymology 1

Related to บรรจุ (ban-jù) and ประจุ (bprà-jù). Compare Mon စုတ်.

Verb

จุ • (jù) (abstract noun การจุ or ความจุ)

  1. to contain; to hold; to have a capacity (for)

Adverb

จุ • (jù) (abstract noun ความจุ)

  1. (often used of eating) a lot; much; to a great degree
    กินจุ
    gin jù
    to eat a lot; to eat a great deal

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Alternative forms

  • จุ๊ (jú)

Interjection

จุ • (jù)

  1. used as a command to be silent or quiet: hush, shh, shush, etc.

Further reading

  • “จุ” 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.
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