ฉุก(chùk)
Meanings
1AdjectiveB2
urgent; emergency (attrib.)
used before nouns to indicate urgency or an emergency context; commonly seen in compounds like ฉุกเฉินฉุกเฉินchùk-chĕrn1urgent; emergency2emergency situation
Examples
ประตูbprà-dtuuประตูbprà-dtuu1door; gate; portal2goal (structure or score)3classifier: doors; gates; goalsนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsทางออกtaang òkทางออกtaang òk1exit2solution; way outฉุกเฉินchùk-chĕrnฉุกเฉินchùk-chĕrn1urgent; emergency2emergency situationห้ามhâamห้ามhâam1[to] forbid; prohibit2[to] ban (officially)3[n.] prohibitionวางwaangวางwaang1[to] put; place; set (down)2[to] hang up (the phone); end a call3[to] lay (eggs)4[to] set; assign; impose5[to] put down; let go (emotion/attachment)6[to] lay out; formulate; establish (plan/policy/system)ของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsขวางทางkwăang taangขวางทางkwăang taang[to] block the way; [to] be in the way
This door is an emergency exit, do not block the way.
2VerbC1
[to] be startled; stop short (lit.)
to react suddenly with a start or stop short; literary/rare
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเกือบจะgèuap jàเกือบจะgèuap jàalmost; nearlyพูดpôotพูดpôot1[to] speak; talk2[to] say; speak3[to] tell; talk aboutความจริงkwaam jingความจริงkwaam jing1truth; fact2actually; in fact; to tell the truthออกไปòk bpaiออกไปòk bpai1[to] go out; leave; exit2[to] lead out to; extend to3[!] Get out!แต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerฉุกคิดได้chùk kít dâaiฉุกคิดได้chùk kít dâai[to] suddenly realize; [to] suddenly remember; [to] occur to [sb]ทันtanทันtan1[to] be in time for2[to] catch up with; keep up with; keep abreast of3in time4[to] be quick-witted with; see through
He was about to tell the truth, but stopped short when he realized.