After 1-3 weeks of learning Thai, you will encounter the word ใจ (jai) over and over again. Even after you become advance you will continue to encounter it all the time, so why not learn it now?
jai words are used a lot for expressing feelings such as I am sad, he is narrow-minded, etc. You need to master jai words if you want to be able to express yourself freely.
When jai is a stand-alone word, it is sometimes translated to ‘heart’, sometimes translated to ‘mind’ depending on the context. For example, พูดในใจ (pôot nai jai) means to speak in one’s mind (to not say it out loud) and เธอจะอยู่ในใจฉันตลอดไป yòo nai jai chăn dtà-lòt bpai means you will be in my heart forever.
In the following word list jai will be attached with another word to form another completely different word. The words in this list are commonly used. Please take a look and study them to bring your Thai up a notch when it comes to expressing feelings.
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เข้าใจ (Literally: to enter, mind)
kâo jai - To be interested
สนใจ
sŏn jai - To be generous
ใจกว้าง (literally: wide, mind)
jai gwâang - To impress/ be impressive
ประทับใจ (Literally: to imprint, mind)
bprà-táp jai - To be narrow-minded
ใจแคบ (literally: mind, narrow)
jai kâep - To be impatient/Short-tempered
ใจร้อน (literally: mind, hot)
jai rón - To be patient
ใจเย็น (literally: mind, cool)
jai yen - To not easily give in
ใจแข็ง (Literally: mind, strong)
jai kăeng - To easily give in
ใจอ่อน (Literally: mind, weak)
jai òn - To be evil
ใจดำ (Literally: mind, black)
jai dam - Mind wanders off
ใจลอย (Literally: mind, float)
jai loi - To be nice
ใจดี (Literally: mind, good)
jai dee - To be relieved
เบาใจ (Literally: light, heart)
bao jai - To worry
หนักใจ (Literally: heavy, mind)
nàk jai - To be care-free
สบายใจ (Literally: comfortable, mind)
sà-baai jai - To cheat on somebody
นอกใจ (Literally: outside, mind)
nôk jai - To be satisfied
พอใจ (Literally: sufficient, mind)
por jai - To be shocked
ตกใจ (Literally: to fall, mind)
dtòk jai - To be confident
มั่นใจ (Literally: confident, mind)
mân jai - To be certain
แน่ใจ (Literally: certain, mind)
nâe jai - To misunderstand each other
ผิดใจ (Literally: wrong, mind)
pìt jai - To be sad/ To feel sorry
เสียใจ (Literally: to go bad/rot, mind)
sĭa jai - To be extremely sad
เศร้าใจ (Literally: sad, mind)
sâo jai - To try to make someone satisfy, happy
เอาใจ (Literally: take, mind)
ao jai - To decide
ตัดสินใจ (Literally: decide, mind)
dtàt sĭn jai - To be determined, work hard
ตั้งใจ (Literally: set, mind)
dtâng jai - To let them get what they want
ตามใจ (Literally: Follow, mind)
dtaam jai - To be hurt (emotionally)
เจ็บใจ (Literally: Hurt, mind)
jèp jai - To heartache
ปวดใจ (Literally: pain, mind)
bpùat jai - To change one’s mind
เปลี่ยนใจ (Literally: To change, mind)
bplìan jai - To be surprised (with curiosity)
แปลกใจ (Literally: to be strange, mind)
bplàek jai - To trust
วางใจ (Literally: to place, mind)
waang jai - To be frighteningly shocked
ใจหาย(หมดเลย) (Literally: disappear, mind)
jai hăai - To be passively angry
น้อยใจ (Literally: little, mind)
nói jai - To be happy and satisfied
อิ่มใจ (Literally: to be full, mind)
ìm jai - To sympathize, feel sorry for
เห็นใจ (Literally: To see, mind)
hĕn jai - To get to know someone’s true nature
ดูใจ (Literally: To look, mind)
doo jai - To be overly confident that you can get away with anything.
ได้ใจ (Literally: can, mind)
dâai jai - To be brave
ใจถึง (Literally: Mind, To reach)
jai tĕung - Center, Middle
ใจกลาง (Literally: Mind, Center )
jai glaang - To be proud
ภูมิใจ (Literally: Proud, mind )
poom jai - To be mean
ใจร้าย (Literally: Mind, evil)
jai ráai
I hope my explanation on ใจ (jai) words was useful to you. So don’t get confused when you see jai in so many words!