หวุดหวิด(wùt wìt)

Meanings

1AdverbB1

narrowly; by a hair; just in time

Almost but not quite; very close to danger or to happening, often with escape or miss (e.g., รอดหวุดหวิด ‘narrowly escaped’).

Examples

รถrótรถrót1vehicle (general)2car; automobile3train (only in compounds)4classifier: vehiclesเกือบgèuapเกือบgèuap1almost; nearly2almost all; nearly allชนchonชนchon1[to] crash; collide2people; tribe; class3[to] clink (glasses); toast4cl. for social classes/types (rare)กันganกันgan1each other; one another (post-verb marker)2[to] prevent; keep [sth] out; ward off; block3classifier: panel; partition; screen (rare)4together; together with5protective; preventive (modifier)6I; me (informal, male speech)7[to] set aside; reserve; earmarkแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)เบรกbèekเบรกbèek1brake (device)2[to] brake; [to] apply the brake3[to] hold back; [to] rein in (figurative)ทันtanทันtan1[to] be in time for2[to] catch up with; keep up with; keep abreast of3in time4[to] be quick-witted with; see throughรอดrôotรอดrôot1[to] survive; escape harm2[to] be spared; be exempt3[to] pass; get through; fit through; be allowed throughหวุดหวิดwùt wìtหวุดหวิดwùt wìtnarrowly; by a hair; just in timeจริงๆjing jingจริงๆjing jing1really; truly; actually; indeed2[!] really?!; seriously?!
The cars almost crashed, but I braked in time and narrowly escaped.

Related Words

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เฉียดฉิวchìiat chĭuเฉียดฉิวchìiat chĭunarrowly; by a hair's breadth

narrowly; by a hair's breadth

ฉิวเฉียดchĭu chìiatฉิวเฉียดchĭu chìiat1narrowly; by a hair2close; tight (result/escape)
  • narrowly; by a hair
  • close; tight (result/escape)
เฉียดๆchìiat chìiatเฉียดๆchìiat chìiat1almost; nearly2closely; narrowly
  • almost; nearly
  • closely; narrowly
หมิ่นเหม่mìn màyหมิ่นเหม่mìn mày1precarious; risky2almost; on the verge (of [doing sth])
  • precarious; risky
  • almost; on the verge (of [doing sth])
บางเฉียบbaang chìiapบางเฉียบbaang chìiap1extremely thin; razor‑thin2very slim (figure/profile)3narrow margin
  • extremely thin; razor‑thin
  • very slim (figure/profile)
  • narrow margin