จูงใจ

Thai

Etymology

จูง (juung, to tow, lead) +‎ ใจ (jai, heart, mind).

Pronunciation

Orthographicจูงใจ
t͡ɕ ū ŋ au t͡ɕ
Phonemic
จูง-ไจ
t͡ɕ ū ŋ – ai t͡ɕ
RomanizationPaiboonjuung-jai
Royal Institutechung-chai
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕuːŋ˧.t͡ɕaj˧/(R)

Verb

จูงใจ • (juung-jai) (abstract noun การจูงใจ)

  1. to persuade
  2. to motivate.

Derived terms

  • เหตุจูงใจ

Further reading

  • จูงใจ” 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.