บัด(bàt)
Meanings
1AdverbC1
presently/at once (literary/archaic)
a literary or archaic adverb meaning immediately, at once, or at the present moment; often seen in fixed expressions such as บัดนี้บัดนี้bàt néenow; at this time (formal/literary) (now) or บัดดลบัดดลbàt donsuddenly; immediately (instantly)
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillได้ยินdâi-yinได้ยินdâi-yin1[to] hear2[to] hear of; be told; learn (by hearing)ข่าวร้ายkàao ráaiข่าวร้ายkàao ráaibad newsก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerรีบrêepรีบrêep1[to] hurry; rush2in a hurry; rushed3hastily; quickly (due to urgency)ออกเดินทางòk dern taangออกเดินทางòk dern taang1[to] set out; depart; leave on a trip2(of transport) [to] departบัดbàtบัดbàtpresently/at once (literary/archaic)นั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)ไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)รอช้าror cháaรอช้าror cháa[to] delay; [to] hesitateแม้แต่máe dtàeแม้แต่máe dtàeeven (emphasizing an extreme or unlikely example)นาทีเดียวnaa-tee diiaoนาทีเดียวnaa-tee diiao1only one minute; just a minute2just a minute!
He heard the bad news and set off at once, not waiting even a minute.