ฉะ(chà)
Meanings
1VerbB2
[to] attack; lash out (esp. verbally)
to attack or tear into [sb] (often verbally), to sharply criticize or denounce [sb] in speech
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillโดนdohnโดนdohn1[to] get; be subjected to (passive, often negative)2[to] be hit; be struck; be affected3[to] hit the mark; be spot on (slang/colloq.)เจ้านายjâo naaiเจ้านายjâo naai1boss; employer; superior2master; owner (of servant or animal)3lord; aristocrat (historical/formal)4patron; benefactor (figurative)ฉะchàฉะchà1[to] attack; lash out (esp. verbally)2[to] slash; cut; cleave (literary/archaic)3namely; that is (as ฉะนี้/ฉะนั้น/ฉะนั้นแหละ)กลางglaangกลางglaang1middle; center2middle; central3in the middle; in the center4amid; in the midst of; mid-ที่ประชุมtêe bprà-chumที่ประชุมtêe bprà-chum1meeting; conference (event)2the assembly; the body3meeting venue/roomเรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesที่มาtêe maaที่มาtêe maa1background; provenance; etymology2source; reference (citation)3origin; sourceสายsăaiสายsăai1line; wire; cable2route; line (transport/communication)3late (in the day); running late4strand; string; thread (long thin piece)5lineage; affiliation; branch6classifier for long, flexible things (wires, ropes, necklaces)7morning (late morning period)8informant; spy; secret agent
He got torn into by the boss in the middle of the meeting for being late.
2VerbC1
[to] slash; cut; cleave (literary/archaic)
to cut, slash, or cleave [sth] forcefully; a literary/archaic verb for splitting or cutting open
Examples
ชาวสวนchaao sŭuanชาวสวนchaao sŭuanorchard farmer; horticultural farmer; gardener (by trade)ใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]มีดพร้าmêet práaมีดพร้าmêet práamachete; billhookฉะchàฉะchà1[to] attack; lash out (esp. verbally)2[to] slash; cut; cleave (literary/archaic)3namely; that is (as ฉะนี้/ฉะนั้น/ฉะนั้นแหละ)กิ่งไม้gìng máaiกิ่งไม้gìng máaitree branchที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotเกะกะgè gàเกะกะgè gà1obstructive; in the way; cluttered2[to] get in the way; clutter upขวางทางkwăang taangขวางทางkwăang taang[to] block the way; [to] be in the way
The gardener used a large knife to forcefully cut the branches that were obstructing the path.
3ParticleC1
namely; that is (as ฉะนี้ฉะนี้chà née1thus; like this; in this way2as follows (formal)/ฉะนั้นฉะนั้นchà-nántherefore; thus/ฉะนั้นแหละ)
used in set phrases such as ฉะนี้ฉะนี้chà née1thus; like this; in this way2as follows (formal) and ฉะนั้นฉะนั้นchà-nántherefore; thus to introduce explanation, meaning ‘thus’, ‘namely’, or ‘that is’ (formal/literary)
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillทำงานหนักtam ngaan nàkทำงานหนักtam ngaan nàk1[to] work hard2[to] be under heavy loadมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerตลอดทั้งปีdtà-lòt táng bpeeตลอดทั้งปีdtà-lòt táng bpeeall year long; throughout the year; year-roundฉะนั้นchà-nánฉะนั้นchà-nántherefore; thusเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillจึงjeungจึงjeung1therefore; so; thus2only then; then (as a result)สมควรsŏm kuuanสมควรsŏm kuuan1appropriate; fitting; proper2[to] ought to; should (be appropriate)ได้รับdâi rápได้รับdâi ráp1[to] receive; get; obtain; be given/granted/awarded2[to] experience; be subjected to; suffer; sustain; be affected by3[to] be ...-ed (passive with ได้รับ/ได้รับการ)การgaanการgaan1nominalizer2act; action; process3affair; matterขึ้นเงินเดือนkêun ngern deuuanขึ้นเงินเดือนkêun ngern deuuan1[to] get a pay raise2[to] give [sb] a pay raise
He has worked hard all year, thus he deserves a raise.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
ซัดsátซัดsát1[to] hurl; fling; throw hard2[to] lash; batter (waves/wind)3[to] gobble; chug (slang)4[to] blame; shift blame (colloquial)5[to] beat up; punch; strike (colloquial)
- [to] hurl; fling; throw hard
- [to] lash; batter (waves/wind)
- [to] gobble; chug (slang)
- [to] blame; shift blame (colloquial)
- [to] beat up; punch; strike (colloquial)
ปะทะbpà-táปะทะbpà-tá1[to] clash; confront; engage (in combat/arguments)2[to] collide; hit against3clash; confrontation
- [to] clash; confront; engage (in combat/arguments)
- [to] collide; hit against
- clash; confrontation