ชิ่ว
chîuMeaning
1InterjectionA2
shoo
an exclamation used to drive or scare away animals
Examples
ชิ่วchîuชิ่วchîushooไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already past5too; excessivelyไกลๆglai glaiไกลๆglai glai1from afar; at a distance2far-off; distantเลยloieเลยloie1at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)2so; thus; then (immediate result)3completely; absolutely (emphasis)4[to] pass; go beyond; exceedนะnáนะná1softener; friendly particle2persuasive/confirming particle3wondering particleเจ้าหมาjâo măaเจ้าหมาjâo măadog; doggy (familiar address or reference)
Shoo! Go far away, dog.
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Shoo! Don't come into the kitchen. This cat is really stubborn.
คุณตาkun-dtaaตะโกนdtà-goonว่าwâaชิ่วchîuชิ่วchîuเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaไล่lâiไก่gàiที่tîiเข้ามาkâo-maaจิกjìkกินginข้าวเปลือกkâao-bplʉ̀ʉak
Grandpa shouted "Shoo, shoo" to drive away the chickens that came to peck at the unhusked rice.
พอporเห็นhĕnนกพิราบnók pí-râapมาmaaเกาะgòrที่têeระเบียงrá-biiangและláeทำtamความkwaamสกปรกsòk-gà-bpròkฉันchănก็gâwร้องróngชิ่วchîuๆ-เพื่อpêuuaไล่lâiพวกมันpûuak manไปbpai
As soon as I saw pigeons perching on the balcony and making a mess, I yelled shoo to drive them away.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markMai ek
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Falling tone
chîu
Starts high, rises a little, then drops clearly.
Low class + Mai ek → Falling
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 | — | — |