อึดใจ(èut jai)
Meanings
1NounB1
moment; instant
a moment; an instant; a very short period of time
Examples
ชายchaaiชายchaai1male sex2edge; brim; hem; shore3man; male person4male; masculineคนkonคนkon1person; human2classifier: peopleนั้นnánนั้นnán1(topic-marking or emphatic particle)2that one; that thing3that (distal demonstrative)วิ่งหนีwîng nĕeวิ่งหนีwîng nĕe1[to] run away from [sth] (figurative); avoid/evade2[to] run away from [sb]/[sth]; fleeหายไปhăai bpaiหายไปhăai bpai1[to] disappear; vanish2[to] be missing; be gone3[to] subside; wear off4[to] go silent; drop out of contact (informal)ในnaiในnai1of; belonging to (formal)2in; inside; within3during; in (time)ชั่วอึดใจchûua èut jaiชั่วอึดใจchûua èut jaifor a moment
That man ran away and disappeared in an instant.
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เพียงแค่piiang kâeอึดใจèut jaiหลังจากที่lăng jàak têeฝนfŏnหยุดyùtตกdtòkรุ้งกินน้ำrúng gin náamก็gâwปรากฏขึ้นbpraa-gòt kêunบนbonท้องฟ้าtóng fáa
Just a moment after the rain stopped, a rainbow appeared in the sky.
เรื่องราวrêuuang raaoทั้งหมดtáng mòtเกิดขึ้นgèrt kêunเร็วreoมากmâakในnaiชั่วอึดใจchûua èut jaiจนjonฉันchănตั้งตัวdtâng dtuuaไม่ทันmâi tan
The whole thing happened so fast in an instant that I couldn't prepare myself.
ความสำเร็จkwaam săm-rètที่têeเห็นhĕnอยู่yòoตรงหน้าdtrong nâaอาจจะàat jàพังทลายลงpang tá-laai longได้dâiในnaiชั่วอึดใจchûua èut jaiหากhàakเราraoประมาทbprà-mâatเพียงpiiangนิดเดียวnít diao
The success seen right in front of us could collapse in an instant if we are even slightly careless.
2ClassifierB2
classifier for a short moment
classifier used for a brief duration of time or a moment
Examples
ขอkŏrขอkŏr1[to] wish for; pray for2polite request marker3[to] beg; plead4[to] request; ask for [sth]เวลาway-laaเวลาway-laa1classifier: scheduled occasions; meals; doses2time; period; occasion3when; at the time (that)4timeฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)คิดทบทวนkít tóp-tuanคิดทบทวนkít tóp-tuan[to] think over; [to] reconsiderเรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1about; regarding (as a topic marker)2story; tale3classifier for stories/films/cases4matter; issue; subjectนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)อีกèekอีกèek1more; additional2again3yet; still (in comparisons/time)4else; otherสักsàkสักsàk1any; even (a little); at all2teak3about; approximately4[to] tattooสองสามsŏng săamสองสามsŏng săam1two or three (used on its own)2two or three; a fewอึดใจèut jaiอึดใจèut jai1classifier for a short moment2moment; instantนะnáนะná1[!] persuasive/confirming particle2[!] softener; friendly particle
Give me another two or three moments to think this over.
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He dived underwater to search for the item for several moments before finding it.
รถไฟrót faiขบวนkà-buuanนี้néeจะjàออกจากòk jàakสถานีsà-tăa-neeในnaiอีกèekไม่กี่mâi gèeอึดใจèut jaiข้างหน้าkâang nâa
This train will leave the station in the next few moments.
แม้máeจะต้องjà dtôngรอคอยro koiนานnaanนับnápปีbpeeแต่dtàeเมื่อmêuuaได้dâiพบกันpóp ganทุกอย่างtúk yàangก็gâwเหมือนmĕuuanผ่านไปpàan bpaiเพียงแค่piiang kâeสามสี่săam sèeอึดใจèut jai
Even though they had to wait for years, when they finally met, everything felt like it had passed in just three or four moments.