จั๊กจี้
ticklish
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An everyday word for feeling ticklish or for making someone feel that way by tickling them.
ticklish
Describes the sensation of being tickled or a person's tendency to react easily to tickling.
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ฉันจั๊กจี้มาก chǎn cákkacîi mâak I'm very ticklish. ฉันจั๊กจี้มาก details
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อย่าจี้เอว ฉันจั๊กจี้ yàa cîi eew chǎn cákkacîi Don't tickle my waist. I'm ticklish. อย่าจี้เอว ฉันจั๊กจี้ details
tickle
Means to touch someone in a way that makes them feel ticklish, usually causing them to laugh or squirm.
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พี่จั๊กจี้น้องจนหัวเราะ phîi cákkacîi nɔ́ɔŋ con hǔarɔ́ The older child tickled the younger one until they laughed. พี่จั๊กจี้น้องจนหัวเราะ details
Learning notes
Explanation
จั๊กจี้ can describe either the sensation of being tickled or the act of tickling someone. With a person as the subject, as in ฉันจั๊กจี้, it means “I'm ticklish.” The pattern จั๊กจี้ที่ followed by a body part identifies where someone is ticklish. When followed by the person being affected, as in อย่าจั๊กจี้ฉัน, it means “Don't tickle me.” It is an ordinary conversational word often heard among friends, family members, and children.
Usage
It is used when someone laughs or squirms after being touched on a sensitive area, when describing a person as ticklish, or when people playfully tickle one another and ask each other to stop.
Caution
Do not confuse จั๊กจี้ with คัน, which means “itchy.” Use คัน for an insect bite or an itchy skin condition. จี้ can also mean “tickle” in context, but it has the broader sense of poking or prodding.
Differences from similar words
2 tickle synonyms
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จี้ broadly means to poke or prod and can mean “tickle” in the right context. จั๊กจี้ more explicitly refers to tickling someone and causing a ticklish sensation.