เฉียดๆ(chìiat chìiat)

Meanings

1AdverbB1

almost; nearly

almost or nearly reaching a certain number, amount, or state; just about

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoเงินngernเงินngern1money2funds; finances3silver (metal)เฉียดๆchìiat chìiatเฉียดๆchìiat chìiat1almost; nearly2closely; narrowlyห้าสิบhâa sìpห้าสิบhâa sìpfifty; 50บาทbàatบาทbàat1baht (Thai currency unit)2baht (classifier for Thai currency amounts)3blow; stroke (literary/archaic)4foot (literary)น่าจะnâa jàน่าจะnâa jà1probably; likely2be expected; should (probability)3should have (regret/criticism)4might be a good idea (suggestion)พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyจ่ายjàaiจ่ายjàai1[to] pay2[to] disburse; distribute (funds/resources)3[to] spend (money)ค่ารถkâa rótค่ารถkâa rótfare; transport fee
He has almost 50 baht, which should be enough to pay for the bus fare.
2AdverbB2

closely; narrowly

very close to something, almost touching; narrowly

Examples

เมื่อเช้าmêuua cháoเมื่อเช้าmêuua cháothis morning; earlier todayรถมอเตอร์ไซค์rót mo-dtêr-saiรถมอเตอร์ไซค์rót mo-dtêr-saimotorcycle; motorbikeขับkàpขับkàp1[to] drive; operate (a vehicle)2[to] expel; drive out; repel3[to] sing; chant (traditional)4[to] excrete; secrete; emitเฉียดๆchìiat chìiatเฉียดๆchìiat chìiat1almost; nearly2closely; narrowlyฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)น่ากลัวnâa gluuaน่ากลัวnâa gluua1scary; frightening2awfully; terribly; extremelyมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatly
This morning, a motorcycle drove narrowly past me; it was very scary.

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