ชัก(chák)
Meanings
[to] pull; [to] draw (toward oneself/along)
To pull or draw something toward oneself or along a surface, often with a short or repeated motion.
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[to] raise/lower (a flag, blinds)
To hoist or lower by pulling a rope or cord (e.g., a flag, blinds).
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[aux] begin to; start to; keep on (repeatedly)
Auxiliary used before a verb to show the beginning of an action or a repeated/habitual action, often with a sense of suddenness or persistence.
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[to] have convulsions; [to] twitch
To experience involuntary muscle contractions; to convulse or twitch (medical or figurative).
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seizure; convulsion (episode)
An episode of convulsions or seizure (e.g., ‘เป็นชัก’).
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[to] draw up (liquid) with a syringe; [to] inject
To draw liquid into a syringe or inject a substance, especially in medical or drug-use contexts.
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[to] withdraw; [to] pull back
To take back or pull out (e.g., withdraw troops, pull back support) in formal or written Thai.
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Related Words
Similar Meaning
- [to] pull; draw (toward oneself)
- [to] attract; draw (attention/interest)
- [to] pull back; retract; hold back
- [to] drag (on a screen)
[to] have a seizure; convulse
[to] convulse; twitch
- young woman; girl
- classifier: young women
- young; youthful (female)
- [to] reel; wind; draw in
- [to] convulse; have a seizure
- [to] go rigid in a severe spasm