ฟ่าว(fâao)

Meanings

1VerbA2

[to] hurry; rush

to hurry; to rush; to act quickly (regional, esp. Isan/Northern)

Examples

ข่อยkòiข่อยkòi1Siamese rough bush2I; me (Isan/Lao; humble/familiar)ฟ่าวfâaoฟ่าวfâao1[to] hurry; rush2quickly; hurriedly3[!] hurry up!4quick; fastไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ตลาดdtà-làatตลาดdtà-làat1popular; mainstream (colloq.)2market; marketplace3market (economic demand/sector)
I hurry to the market.
2AdverbA2

quickly; hurriedly

in a quick or hurried manner (regional, esp. Isan/Northern)

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillย่างyâangย่างyâang1[to] grill; roast over direct heat2[to] step; stride; pace; approach (age/time)3step; pace (walking)ฟ่าวfâaoฟ่าวfâao1[to] hurry; rush2quickly; hurriedly3[!] hurry up!4quick; fast
He walks hurriedly.
3InterjectionA2

[!] hurry up!

An exclamation used to tell someone to hurry; Hurry up! (regional, esp. Isan/Northern)

Examples

ฟ่าวfâaoฟ่าวfâao1[to] hurry; rush2quickly; hurriedly3[!] hurry up!4quick; fast
Hurry up!
4AdjectiveB1

quick; fast

describing someone or something that moves or acts fast; speedy (regional, esp. Isan/Northern)

Examples

อ้ายâaiอ้ายâai1insulting prefix before a noun2you (rude/insulting; dialectal)3older brother (Isan/Lao; also male slightly older)คนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)แล่นlâenแล่นlâen1[to] sail; move swiftly (through water/air)2[to] run; operate (engine/vehicle); sail3[to] speed off; dashฟ่าวหลายfâao lăaiฟ่าวหลายfâao lăaivery quickly; in a big hurry (Isan dialect)เผลอplĕrเผลอplĕr1careless; inadvertent; off-guard2[to] do unintentionally; be off-guard and [to] let slip3by accident; inadvertently; without noticingแป๊บเดียวbpáep diiaoแป๊บเดียวbpáep diiao1for a moment; very briefly2just a moment!ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ฮอดพู้นhôt púnฮอดพู้นhôt pún1[to] arrive over there; reach that distant place (Isan)2all the way over there; until that point (Isan)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)
That guy runs very fast; in the blink of an eye, he's already over there.

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