ฉับ(chàp)
Meanings
1InterjectionB1
snap!; slash!; chop! (sharp sudden sound)
An interjection imitating a sharp, sudden sound such as a snap, slash, or chop.
Examples
พ่อpôrพ่อpôr1father; dad2sir; mister (rural/archaic)3prefix: father of; master ofใช้cháiใช้chái1[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]มีดmêetมีดmêetknifeหั่นhànหั่นhàn[to] slice; cut [sth] into pieces; chopแตงกวาdtaeng gwaaแตงกวาdtaeng gwaacucumberฉับchàpฉับchàp1snap!; slash!; chop! (sharp sudden sound)2sudden; abrupt (formal/literary)3suddenly; abruptly (formal/literary)ฉับchàpฉับchàp1snap!; slash!; chop! (sharp sudden sound)2sudden; abrupt (formal/literary)3suddenly; abruptly (formal/literary)บนbonบนbon1on; upon2upper; top3[to] vow (at a shrine)เขียงkĭiangเขียงkĭiang1cutting board; chopping block2stall board (butcher/fishmonger) [regional]3classifier: cutting boards/chopping blocks
Dad chopped the cucumber—chop, chop—on the cutting board.
2AdjectiveB2
sudden; abrupt (formal/literary)
Happening very quickly and unexpectedly; abrupt. Used in formal or literary style.
Examples
ข่าวร้ายkàao ráaiข่าวร้ายkàao ráaibad newsมาถึงmaa tŭengมาถึงmaa tŭeng1[to] arrive (somewhere)2[to] reach; come to (time/stage/topic)3[to] come to (someone’s turn/time)ฉับchàpฉับchàp1snap!; slash!; chop! (sharp sudden sound)2sudden; abrupt (formal/literary)3suddenly; abruptly (formal/literary)เดียวdiiaoเดียวdiiaosingle; one; only; sameทุกคนtúk konทุกคนtúk koneveryone; everybodyในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ห้องhôngห้องhông1room2classifier: roomsเงียบงันngîiap nganเงียบงันngîiap ngandead silent; still; inactiveไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ชั่วขณะchûua kà-nàชั่วขณะchûua kà-nà1[for] a moment2a moment; a short while
The bad news arrived abruptly; everyone in the room fell silent for a moment.
3AdverbB2
suddenly; abruptly (formal/literary)
In a quick, sudden manner; abruptly. Used in formal or literary style.
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillตัดสินใจdtàt-sĭn-jaiตัดสินใจdtàt-sĭn-jai[to] decideเปลี่ยนbplìianเปลี่ยนbplìian1[to] change; become different2[to] switch; replace; exchange3[to] change; transfer (clothes/transport/etc.)แผนpăenแผนpăen1plan; strategy2scheme; plotฉับchàpฉับchàp1snap!; slash!; chop! (sharp sudden sound)2sudden; abrupt (formal/literary)3suddenly; abruptly (formal/literary)ปรับbpràpปรับbpràp1[to] adjust; modify2[to] adapt; acclimatize3[to] fine; impose a fineเส้นทางsên taangเส้นทางsên taang1route; path2course; path (figurative)3road/line of travel; trackกลับบ้านglàp bâanกลับบ้านglàp bâan[to] go (back) home; return homeทันทีtan teeทันทีtan tee1immediately; at once2as soon as; the moment that (ทันทีที่)
He changed the plan abruptly, altering his route home at once.