ฉุบ
chùpMeanings
1InterjectionB1
shoot! (in rock-paper-scissors)
the final exclamation shouted when revealing hands in the game of rock-paper-scissors (part of the phrase 'pao-ying-chub')
Examples
เป่าbpàoเป่าbpào1[to] blow (air from the mouth)2[to] blow (into a wind instrument/device)3[to] blow out (a flame)4[to] inflate by blowing5[to] blow air onto [sth]ยิ้งyíngฉุบchùpฉุบchùp1shoot! (in rock-paper-scissors)2[sound of a swift cut or thrust]ใครkraiใครkrai1who2anyone; whoeverแพ้pɛ́ɛแพ้pɛ́ɛ1[to] lose; be defeated2[to] be allergic (to)3[to] be overcome by; be susceptible to4susceptible to; intolerant ofต้องdtɔ̂ngต้องdtɔ̂ng1must; have to2must; bound toไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already past5too; excessivelyซื้อsʉ́ʉซื้อsʉ́ʉ1[to] buy; purchase2[to] bribe; buy offน้ำnáamน้ำnáam1water2liquid; fluid3juice; extract4sauce; broth5bodily fluid (in compounds)6served with broth7empty words; fillerนะnáนะná1softener; friendly particle2persuasive/confirming particle3wondering particle
Pao-ying-chub! Whoever loses has to go buy water.
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เด็กๆdèk dèkตะโกนdtà-gohnคำว่าkam wâaฉุบchùpเสียงดังsĭiang dangพร้อมกับpróm gàpแบbaeมือmeuuออกòkเป็นbpenกระดาษgrà-dàat
The children loudly shouted the word 'chub' while opening their hands as paper.
ตอนที่dtɔɔn-tîiเราraoพูดpûutว่าwâaฉุบchùpคุณkunต้องdtɔ̂ngออกɔ̀ɔkค้อนkɔ́ɔnกรรไกรgan-graiหรือrʉ̌ʉกระดาษgrà-dàatทันทีtan-tii
When we say 'chub', you must immediately throw rock, paper, or scissors.
จังหวะjang-wàที่tîiทุกคนtúk-konเปล่งเสียงbplèeng-sǐiangว่าwâaฉุบchùpออกมาɔ̀ɔk-maaพร้อมกันprɔ́ɔm-ganคือkʉʉช่วงเวลาchûuang-wee-laaชี้ชะตาchíi-chá-dtaaว่าwâaใครkraiจะเป็นjà-bpenผู้ชนะpûu-chá-náในnaiเกมgeemนี้níi
The exact moment everyone simultaneously shouts 'chub' is the decisive moment of who will be the winner in this game.
2AdverbC1
[sound of a swift cut or thrust]
An imitative word representing the sound of a swift cutting or stabbing action.
Examples
พ่อpɔ̂ɔพ่อpɔ̂ɔ1father; dad2sir; mister (rural/archaic)3prefix: male person; leader; father figureใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] tell [sb] to do [sth]; assign; orderมีดmîitมีดmîitknifeฟันfanฟันfan1tooth; teeth2gear tooth; cog3[to] slash; chop; hack4[to] cut; deduct (informal)5[to] overcharge [sb]; [to] rip off (slang)6[to] rake in money; make a large profit (slang)7[to] have sex (slang)กิ่งไม้gìng-máaiกิ่งไม้gìng-máaitree branchดังdangดังdang1loud2[to] sound; resound3famous; well-known4as; likeฉุบchùpฉุบchùp1shoot! (in rock-paper-scissors)2[sound of a swift cut or thrust]กิ่งgìngกิ่งgìng1branch; twig (small)2branch; offshoot (figurative)3classifier: branches, twigsนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3(topic-marking or emphatic particle)ก็gɔ̂ก็gɔ̂1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3conditional marker (if… then…)4well; after all (emphasis/justification)5topic/resumption markerขาดkàatขาดkàat1[to] lack; be without2[to] be short of; run short of; run out of3[to] be torn; tear; rip4lacking; deficient5[to] be absent; miss (an occurrence)6[to] be cut off; be severedทันทีtan-tiiทันทีtan-tiiimmediately; at once
Dad chopped the branch with a quick swishing thwack, cutting it off at once.
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ทันทีที่tan-tii-tîiคนสวนkon-sǔuanใช้cháiมีดmîitฟันfanก้านgâanเครือkrʉʉaกล้วยglûuaiก็gɔ̂มีmiiเสียงดังsǐiang-dangฉุบchùpก่อนที่gɔ̀ɔn-tîiเครือkrʉʉaกล้วยglûuaiจะjàหล่นlònลงบนlong-bonผ้าpâaที่tîiปูbpuuไว้wái
As soon as the gardener chopped through the stem of the banana bunch, there was a sharp swishing thwack, and the bunch fell onto the cloth spread out below.
เสียงsǐiangฉุบchùpดังขึ้นdang-kʉ̂nเพียงpiiangครั้งเดียวkráng-diiaoเมื่อmʉ̂ʉaคมดาบkom-dàapตัดผ่านdtàt-pàanมัดmátฟางfaangก่อนที่gɔ̀ɔn-tîiผู้สาธิตpûu-sǎa-títจะjàลดlótดาบdàapลงlongอย่างสงบyàang-sà-ngòpนิ่งnîng
A single swishing thwack sounded as the blade sliced through the bundle of straw, before the demonstrator calmly lowered the sword.
ในnaiฉากchàakนั้นnánผู้เขียนpûu-kǐianใช้cháiคำว่าkam-wâaฉุบchùpเลียนเสียงliian-sǐiangมีดmîitที่tîiเฉือนchʉ̌ʉanเชือกchʉ̂ʉakขาดkàatในnaiคราวเดียวkraao-diiaoทำให้tam-hâiผู้อ่านpûu-àanรู้สึกถึงrúu-sʉ̀k-tʉ̌ngความฉับไวkwaam-chàp-waiของkɔ̌ɔngการลงgaan-longมือmʉʉ
In that scene, the writer uses the sound word 'chup' to imitate a knife slicing through a rope in one stroke, conveying the swiftness of the action to the reader.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classHigh class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableEnds in -บ, a stop, so it is dead.
High class consonants
ขฃฉฐถผฝศษสห
Result
Low tone
chùp
Starts low and stays low, easing slightly down.
High class + No tone mark + Dead syllable → Low
Tone chart
Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.
| Mid class | High class | Low class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No mark + live | Mid | Rising | Mid |
| No mark + dead short | Low | Low | High |
| No mark + dead long | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai ek | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai tho | Falling | Falling | High |
| Mai tri | High | — | — |
| Mai chattawa | Rising | — | — |