โชคช่วย(chôhk chûuai)

Meanings

1AdverbB1

luckily; fortunately

Used to indicate that a positive outcome was due to luck; luckily; fortunately.

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] cook; prepare food3[to] cause; make4[to] work; be employed5[to] act; behaveกระเป๋าเงินgrà-bpăo ngernกระเป๋าเงินgrà-bpăo ngern1wallet; coin purse2one’s finances (figurative)หายhăaiหายhăai1[to] disappear; be gone2be missing; lost3[to] recover; get better4[to] stop; cease (of a symptom/state)แต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)โชคช่วยchôhk chûuaiโชคช่วยchôhk chûuai1luckily; fortunately2luckily!; fortunately!ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotหาเจอhăa jerหาเจอhăa jer[to] find (successfully)
I lost my wallet, but luckily I found it.
2InterjectionB1

luckily!; fortunately!

An expression of relief or gratitude that something happened by a stroke of luck.

Examples

โชคช่วยchôhk chûuaiโชคช่วยchôhk chûuai1luckily; fortunately2luckily!; fortunately!นึกว่าnéuk wâaนึกว่าnéuk wâa1[to] think/assume (that)2I thought…! (exclam.)เธอterเธอter1you (informal; familiar)2term of address (affectionate)3she; herจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)มาแล้วmaa láewมาแล้วmaa láew[sb/sth] has arrived; is here; here it comes!
Thank goodness! I thought you weren't coming anymore.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

โชคchôhkโชคchôhk1luck; fortune2good luck; fortune (auspicious chance)Part 1
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ช่วยchûuaiช่วยchûuai1please (polite request)2[to] save; rescue [sb]3[to] help; assist [sb/sth]Part 2
โชคช่วยchôhk chûuaiโชคช่วยchôhk chûuailuckily; fortunately