ชู

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See also: , ชี้, and ชู้

Thai

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Etymology

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Cognate with Lao ຊູ (). Compare Mandarin (chū, “to appear, to come out, etc.”).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicชู
d͡ʑ ū
RomanizationPaiboonchuu
Royal Institutechu
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰuː˧/(R)

Verb

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ชู (chuu) (abstract noun การชู)

  1. (transitive) to raise; to elevate; to lift up; to enhance.
    ชูมือ
    chuu mʉʉ
    to raise (one's) hand (i.e. to hold one's hand in the air)
    ชูประเด็น
    chuu bprà-den
    to raise an issue
    ชูรส
    chuu rót
    to enhance a flavour
  2. (slang, transitive) to bring up, to come up with; to propose, to introduce; to present, to offer.
    ชูนโยบาย
    chuu ná-yoo-baai
    to introduce a policy
  3. (figurative, now chiefly in combination, transitive) to exalt; to extol.

Derived terms

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