ชะ(chá)

Meanings

1VerbB1

[to] rinse; wash away

to splash or pour water so as to wash or rinse something off; to be carried off by water

Examples

ฝนตกหนักfŏn dtòk nàkฝนตกหนักfŏn dtòk nàk1[to] rain heavily; pour2heavy rain; downpourน้ำnáamน้ำnáam1water2liquid; fluid3juice; extract4sauce; broth5bodily fluid (in compounds)ชะcháชะchá1[to] rinse; wash away2hey!; tsk!; hey there! [interjection]3[to] wash away; erode; rinse off [as a bound/verb element]4lye; washing ash; traditional detergentฝุ่นfùnฝุ่นfùn1dust; fine dry particles2particulate matter (air pollution)บนbonบนbon1on; upon2upper; top3[to] vow (at a shrine)ใบไม้bai máaiใบไม้bai máaileaf; leaves; foliageออกไปòk bpaiออกไปòk bpai1[to] go out; leave; exit2[to] lead out to; extend to3[!] Get out!หมดmòtหมดmòt1all gone; none left2[to] run out; be used up3completely; entirely4in total; altogether
Heavy rain washed the dust off the leaves.
2NounB2

lye; washing ash; traditional detergent

alkaline washing substance made from plant ash or similar materials used for cleaning

Examples

ยายyaaiยายyaai1grandmother (maternal)2old woman (informal; can be rude)ต้มdtômต้มdtôm1[to] boil; simmer2boiled; poached (food)3[to] swindle; con (slang, น.)เถ้าtâoเถ้าtâo1ash; ashes2elder; old man (archaic/literary)ไม้máiไม้mái1wood; timber2tone/diacritic mark (Thai orthography)3prefix in tool/implement names4classifier (long, rigid objects)5stick; rod; club; batทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] cook; prepare food3[to] cause; make4[to] work; be employed5[to] act; behaveชะcháชะchá1[to] rinse; wash away2hey!; tsk!; hey there! [interjection]3[to] wash away; erode; rinse off [as a bound/verb element]4lye; washing ash; traditional detergentไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)3so that; in order to4for later; in reserve5[to] leave (something) as is6[to] set aside; reserveซักผ้าsák pâaซักผ้าsák pâa[to] wash clothes; [to] do laundryเพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingเชื่อว่าchêuua wâaเชื่อว่าchêuua wâa1[to] believe (that) ...2it is believed that ...ขาวkăaoขาวkăao1white (color)2fair-skinned; light-complexioned3white (substance/thing)4[to] turn white; whiten5plain; unseasoned (esp. rice)สะอาดsà-àatสะอาดsà-àat1neat; tidy2pure; innocent (morally clean)3cleanและláeและláeand (coordinating)ไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ทำร้ายtam ráaiทำร้ายtam ráai1[to] harm; hurt [sb/sth]2[to] assault; attack3[to] self-harm4[to] wrong; mistreatผิวมือpĭu meuuผิวมือpĭu meuu1skin of the hand2skin condition/texture of the hand
Grandma boiled wood ash to make alkaline lye for washing clothes, believing it makes them white and doesn’t hurt the skin.
3InterjectionB2

hey!; tsk!; hey there! [interjection]

an interjection used to call attention, tease, or chide in a sharp or playful way; also appears in playful or elongated forms in songs or banter

Examples

ชะcháชะchá1[to] rinse; wash away2hey!; tsk!; hey there! [interjection]3[to] wash away; erode; rinse off [as a bound/verb element]4lye; washing ash; traditional detergentพูดเล่นpôot lênพูดเล่นpôot lên[to] joke; [to] kidเก่งgèngเก่งgèng1skilled; good at2smart; quick-witted3[to] be good at; excelนะnáนะná1[!] persuasive/confirming particle2[!] softener; friendly particle3[!] attention-getter (initial position)เราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)ล้อlóล้อló1wheel2[to] tease; mock; kid3rim; wheel rimเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillไปทั่วbpai tûuaไปทั่วbpai tûua1[to] go everywhere; travel all over2[to] spread all over; become widespread3all over; everywhere (extent marker)เลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)
Hey, you’re quite the jokester, teasing everyone all around.
4NounC1

[to] wash away; erode; rinse off [as a bound/verb element]

a bound verbal element used in compounds meaning to wash away, rinse off, or erode by water or force (e.g., ชะล้างชะล้างchá láang1[to] erode; wash away (by water)2[to] wash away; rinse off ‘wash away’)

Examples

ฝนfŏnฝนfŏn1rain2[to] file; grind; honeหนักnàkหนักnàk1heavy (weight)2difficult; tough (mentally/physically demanding)3heavily; severely; intensely4serious; severeชะล้างchá láangชะล้างchá láang1[to] erode; wash away (by water)2[to] wash away; rinse offคราบkrâapคราบkrâap1stain; deposit; residue2trace; remnant3crust; dried filmดินdinดินdin1soil; earth; dirt2the ground; land (surface)3clay; earthen material4electrical ground; earth (electrical)ออกจากòk jàakออกจากòk jàak1[to] leave; exit; depart from2from; out of (after a verb)ถนนtà-nŏnถนนtà-nŏnroad; streetจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofสะอาดsà-àatสะอาดsà-àat1neat; tidy2pure; innocent (morally clean)3clean
Heavy rain washed away the mud stains from the road until it was clean.

Related Words

Similar Meaning

ชำระcham-ráชำระcham-rá1[to] pay; settle (a bill/debt)2[to] clean; cleanse; wash3[to] purify; rectify; purge4[to] verify and clear (accounts)
  • [to] pay; settle (a bill/debt)
  • [to] clean; cleanse; wash
  • [to] purify; rectify; purge
  • [to] verify and clear (accounts)
ล้างláangล้างláang1[to] wash; rinse; clean with water2[to] clear; wipe out (debt/record/accusation)3[to] cleanse; absolve (figurative)4[to] develop (film/photos)
  • [to] wash; rinse; clean with water
  • [to] clear; wipe out (debt/record/accusation)
  • [to] cleanse; absolve (figurative)
  • [to] develop (film/photos)
กลั้วglûuaกลั้วglûua1gargle; rinse mouth/throat2[to] rinse/swill lightly [sth]3[to] be tinged/mixed with [sth] (figurative)
  • gargle; rinse mouth/throat
  • [to] rinse/swill lightly [sth]
  • [to] be tinged/mixed with [sth] (figurative)
ชิchíชิchí1[!] tch!; expressing disdain2tsk (mild reproach)
  • [!] tch!; expressing disdain
  • tsk (mild reproach)