มิช้า(mí cháa)

Meanings

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without delay; immediately

Without delay; immediately; soon after. A formal/literary adverb, often used in narration paired with ‘ไม่นานไม่นานmâi naan1soon; shortly2briefly; not for long3recently; not long ago’ or ‘ไม่นานนัก’.

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillส่งsòngส่งsòng1[to] send; dispatch2[to] submit; hand in; turn in3[to] drop off; deliver (someone/something)4[to] pass (to); feed (a ball)5[to] escort; see off6[to] emit; transmit; send outข่าวkàaoข่าวkàao1news; news report2news item; report3rumor; hearsayมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerบอกว่าbòk wâaบอกว่าbòk wâa1[to] say/tell that; report/declare that2[of text/sign] say/indicate thatออกเดินทางòk dern taangออกเดินทางòk dern taang1[to] set out; depart; leave on a trip2(of transport) [to] departแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)ไม่นานmâi naanไม่นานmâi naan1soon; shortly2briefly; not for long3recently; not long agoนักnákนักnák1person engaged in [field/activity]; specialist; -er/-ist (prefix)2very; extremely (intensifier, colloquial)มิช้าmí cháaมิช้าmí cháawithout delay; immediatelyเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerเห็นhĕnเห็นhĕn1[to] see2[to] notice; [to] realize; [to] find (that)3[to] think; [to] be of the opinion4[to] consider; [to] regard asรถrótรถrót1vehicle (general)2car; automobile3train (only in compounds)4classifier: vehiclesของเขาkŏng kăoของเขาkŏng kăohis; hers; theirsเลี้ยวlíiaoเลี้ยวlíiao[to] turn (change direction)เข้ามาkâo maaเข้ามาkâo maa1to come in; enter (toward the speaker)2to join/enter into (activity, group, context)3directional complement ‘in/toward here’ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ซอยsoiซอยsoi1lane; small street2[to] finely slice; shred3classifier for lanes/alleys
He sent word that he had departed; before long, without delay, we saw his car turn into the lane.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

มิmîมิmî1not (formal/literary negative)2prefix: non-, un- (formal)Part 1
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ช้าcháaช้าcháa1slow2slowly3late; delayed4[to] be slow; be latePart 2
มิช้าmí cháaมิช้าmí cháawithout delay; immediately