Feelingsto feel your heart sink verb
- jai mid
- hǎai rising
- Rising: start low, dip, then rise to the top, like a doubtful “Really?”
You'll hear it in I Want to Stop Time (อยากหยุดเวลา).
How to use it
ใจหายjai-hǎai, "the heart goes missing", is the sudden drop inside when something you love comes to an end: a friend moving away, a favourite shop closing down, the last day of school, a year gone by too fast. Thais say it out loud, ใจหายเลยjai-hǎai loei, where English might say "oh, that's sad". It's also the jolt of a fright: ใจหายวาบjai-hǎai wâap is your heart skipping a beat. Plain sadness is เศร้าsâo.
Other spellings you'll see
There's no single official way to write Thai in English letters. We mark the tone of every syllable; online you'll also find:
- jai hai
- jaihai
- chai hai
- jai haay
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More feelings in Thai
All feelings- ซึมเศร้า suem-sâo Depressed in Thai
- เหงา ngǎo Lonely in Thai
- น้ำตา náam-dtaa Tears in Thai
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