Jai Lai...

[RAM8]

My TGF calls me jao choo (which I know means butterfly), but she also says "jai lai"

I know jai means heart, but can someone tell me what jai lai means? (I don't want to ask her).

[honkytonkjim]

google is your mate

 

 

jai lai

cruel/nasty

 

I'd ditch her mate ! hehehe

 

http://www.thingsasian.com/stories-photos/2489

[RAM8]

Cheers, I thought it might mean bad heart but she is only saying it in jest.

 

You know, google wasn't my friend in this case - turned up jack shit.

 

Thanks anyway.

 

[honkytonkjim]

no probs

 

Thai girls tend to overdramatise in my opinion.

[Taeng Mo]

"Lai" is Lao language or Issan language for more or big.

Means the same as "Mak" so  Big or More.

 

So Jai Lai ,means the same as Jai Mak 

 

Big Heart.

 

Be careful when hearing Thai and thinking what you think already.

Many arguments have been started this way.

For Fark all.

[Taeng Mo]

My TGF calls me jao choo (which I know means butterfly), but she also says "jai lai"

I know jai means heart, but can someone tell me what jai lai means? (I don't want to ask her).

By the way this should be pronounced as JAOWJOO.

Nothing to do with what you're talking about.

[bossofzip]

"Lai" is Lao language or Issan language for more or big.

Means the same as "Mak" so  Big or More.

 

So Jai Lai ,means the same as Jai Mak 

 

Big Heart.

 

Be careful when hearing Thai and thinking what you think already.

Many arguments have been started this way.

For Fark all.

Jai Lai is not complimentary, it does not mean big heart, that is for sure.

 

but to avoid 1 of those "many arguments" referred to, why don't you just call some Thai girls by that, and see how they react.

[Taeng Mo]

Jai Lai is not complimentary, it does not mean big heart, that is for sure.

 

but to avoid 1 of those "many arguments" referred to, why don't you just call some Thai girls by that, and see how they react.

Lai means what?

In Lao language?

[manarak]

Lai means what?

In Lao language?

 

"jai lai" is said about someone who is mean, cruel.

 

your "lai" in Lao probably uses a different tone anyway.

[Taeng Mo]

"jai lai" is said about someone who is mean, cruel.

 

your "lai" in Lao probably uses a different tone anyway.

Anyway?

What a load of shit.

Please use the correct tone on your reply.

[HappyHour1973]

Isn't it 'rai' as in ร้าย with some northern switching of R and L?

[expatdude]

Yes, it's jai rai though it can sound like jai lai.

 

Jai Rai - ใจร้าย bad heart - being mean

 

http://www.faafood.net/2012/03/learn-thai-jai.html

[Epimetheus]

The above post is correct

 

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[bangsaenguy]

Correct. It means cruel

[Tarl]

Thai and Isan girls will often say jai dam for cruel or nasty. Lai in Isan is the same as the Thai mak.

 

Where is your girl from? If she is from Isan it is pretty unlikely she is say jai lai to mean cruel or nasty. Good example is Isan girls say something is very delicious by saying zab (seap) lai rather than aroi mak as Thai girls would.

[Spellforce]

The correct meaning is that your heart melts like ice, you're falling in love etc...

 

[expatdude]

The correct meaning is that your heart melts like ice, you're falling in love etc...

 

 

No, that's different. She's calling him mean or cruel, not telling him her heart is melting.

[Spellforce]

No, that's different. She's calling him mean or cruel, not telling him her heart is melting.

Because I've readed "my TGF" and only "jai lai"

- If "lai" = rising tone => bad heard

- If "lai" = tone down => I feel for you

[RAM8]

Yes, as above it means cruel... "lai" and is indeed said with rising tone.  And she is speaking Thai, not Isaan/Lao.

 

Thanks guys, you certainly know what you are talking about, except for Taeng Mo.

[illuxion]

I'm late to the party but wanted to add that calling you jao chuu isn't really nice way of calling you a butterfly, it's technically a guy who sleeps with married women. jao = a guy, chuu = someone who pokes married women, you're the original Don Juan! 555+