ชะแว้บ(chá-wâep)
Meanings
1InterjectionB1
whoosh!; zip!; swoosh!
an onomatopoeic exclamation for something moving or disappearing very quickly; in a flash.
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillขี่kèeขี่kèe1[to] ride2[to] bully; lord overมอเตอร์ไซค์mo-dter-sáiมอเตอร์ไซค์mo-dter-sái1classifier: คัน2motorcycle; motorbikeเร็วreoเร็วreo1fast; quick (speed/time)2premature; too soon3quickly; fastมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatlyชะแว้บchá-wâepชะแว้บchá-wâep1whoosh!; zip!; swoosh!2[to] dart; vanish brieflyหายไปhăai bpaiหายไปhăai bpai1[to] disappear; vanish2[to] be missing; be gone3[to] subside; wear off4[to] go silent; drop out of contact (informal)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)
He rode his motorcycle so fast. Flash! And he was gone.
2VerbB2
[to] dart; vanish briefly
to move suddenly and very quickly for a moment, or to slip away briefly (colloquial).
Examples
เดี๋ยวdĭiaoเดี๋ยวdĭiao1soon; in a moment2for a moment; briefly; one moment3wait! just a moment4if … then (warning; colloquial)5alternating; now … now …ผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)ขอkŏrขอkŏr1[to] request; ask for [sth]2[to] beg; plead3[to] wish for; pray for4polite request markerชะแว้บchá-wâepชะแว้บchá-wâep1whoosh!; zip!; swoosh!2[to] dart; vanish brieflyไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)เข้าห้องน้ำkâo hông námเข้าห้องน้ำkâo hông nám1[to] go to the bathroom; use the toilet2[to] go to the bathroom (to wash up)แป๊บนึงbpáep neungแป๊บนึงbpáep neung1one moment; wait a sec2briefly; for a momentนะnáนะná1[!] persuasive/confirming particle2[!] softener; friendly particle3[!] attention-getter (initial position)
Let me just pop over to the restroom for a moment.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
แวบwâepแวบwâep1[to] flash; appear briefly; dart2whoosh!/flash! (sound/feel)3briefly; in a flash
- [to] flash; appear briefly; dart
- whoosh!/flash! (sound/feel)
- briefly; in a flash
วาบwâapวาบwâap1flash; flicker; surge2[to] flash; flicker; surge briefly3sudden; flash-like
- flash; flicker; surge
- [to] flash; flicker; surge briefly
- sudden; flash-like
Word Breakdown
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ชะแว้บchá-wâepชะแว้บchá-wâepwhoosh!; zip!; swoosh!