เฉียดตาย(chĭiat dtaai)
Meanings
1VerbB2
[to] nearly die; have a close brush with death
to be very close to dying; to narrowly escape death
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillจมน้ำjom náamจมน้ำjom náam1to drown (die)2to be submerged; sink under waterไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)หลายlăaiหลายlăai1many; several2many; numerous (as a pronoun)นาทีnaa-teeนาทีnaa-tee1minute (time unit)2moment; minute (informal)แต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)เพื่อนpêuuanเพื่อนpêuuan1friend2classmate; colleague (peer)3companion; fellowช่วยchûuaiช่วยchûuai1please (polite request)2[to] save; rescue [sb]3[to] help; assist [sb/sth]ขึ้นมาkêun maaขึ้นมาkêun maa1[to] come up (toward the speaker); move upward2[to] get up; rise3[to] go up; increase4[to] arise; appear; emerge5[to] become; start to be (change of state)ได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedทันเวลาtan way-laaทันเวลาtan way-laain timeเรียกว่าrîiak wâaเรียกว่าrîiak wâa1[to] call; name [sb/sth]; refer to as2[to] be called; be known/termed as3you could say; that is to say; effectivelyเฉียดตายchĭiat dtaaiเฉียดตายchĭiat dtaai1[to] nearly die; have a close brush with death2near-fatal; almost deadlyเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)
He was drowning for several minutes, but his friend pulled him out just in time; you could say he narrowly escaped death.
2AdjectiveB2
near-fatal; almost deadly
describing an incident or condition that nearly causes death; nearly fatal
Examples
การgaanการgaan1nominalizer2act; action; process3affair; matterตกdtòkตกdtòk1[to] fall; drop2(rain/snow) fall3[to] fail (an exam/test)4[to] end up at; be assigned to; be allotted5[to] be left out; miss one’s turn6[to] cost; come to7[to] be startled; be alarmed8[to] drop; decline; decreaseจากที่jàak têeจากที่jàak têefrom what ...; based on what ...สูงsŏongสูงsŏong1tall; high (physical height)2high (degree/level/price/rank)3advanced; elevated (abstract)4up; to a high positionครั้งkrángครั้งkráng1classifier for occurrences or times2time; occasion; instance3turn (one’s turn to do something)นั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsประสบการณ์bprà-sòp-gaanประสบการณ์bprà-sòp-gaan1experience (event)2experience (knowledge/skill)เฉียดตายchĭiat dtaaiเฉียดตายchĭiat dtaai1[to] nearly die; have a close brush with death2near-fatal; almost deadlyที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)ฝันร้ายfăn ráaiฝันร้ายfăn ráai1nightmare; bad dream2[to] have a nightmare3a nightmare (figurative); extremely bad experienceถึงtĕungถึงtĕung1to; toward (recipient/goal)2even; so ... that; to the point that3as far as; concerning (formal)4to; until; up to5[to] arrive; reach6even if; even thoughอยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainบ่อยๆbòi bòiบ่อยๆbòi bòioften; frequently
That fall from a height was a near-death experience that he still often has nightmares about.
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เฉียดตายchĭiat dtaaiเฉียดตายchĭiat dtaai[to] nearly die; have a close brush with death