ไม่ พอ ใจ
“ไม่ พอ ใจ” (май пхо джай) — displeased; not satisfied in Thai. Adjective, level B1. Literally "does not fill the heart": the filling is "enough for the heart". Thai displeasure is a shortage, not anger. In a live sentence: “ลูก ค้า ไม่ พอ ใจ ของ ที่ ส่ง มา” — The customer is displeased with the goods that were delivered. Written with the characters ไ, ม, ่, พ, อ, ใ, จ. A word from the everyday Thai course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Thai | ไม่ พอ ใจ |
| Read in Latin letters | май пхо джай |
| Translation | displeased; not satisfied |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "does not fill the heart": the filling is "enough for the heart". Thai displeasure is a shortage, not anger
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- ลูก ค้า ไม่ พอ ใจ ของ ที่ ส่ง มาлук кхаа май пхо джай кхонг ти сонг маThe customer is displeased with the goods that were delivered
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “displeased; not satisfied” in Thai?
«ไม่ พอ ใจ», read “май пхо джай”. In a live sentence: “ลูก ค้า ไม่ พอ ใจ ของ ที่ ส่ง มา” — The customer is displeased with the goods that were delivered. Adjective, level B1; written with the characters ไ, ม, ่, พ, อ, ใ, จ.
How is “ไม่ พอ ใจ” written in Latin letters?
май пхо джай. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Literally "does not fill the heart": the filling is "enough for the heart". Thai displeasure is a shortage, not anger. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.