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ชัก

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Thai

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicชัก
d͡ʑ ạ k
RomanizationPaiboonchák
Royal Institutechak
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰak̚˦˥/(R)
Homophonesชัค

Verb

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ชัก (chák) (abstract noun การชัก)

  1. to pull, draw, or drag (to a certain direction, as up, out, away, back and forth, etc.)
  2. (archaic) to deduct; to subtract
  3. (archaic) to extend; to enlarge; to prolong
  4. (archaic, of a string instrument) to play with a bow
  5. (archaic) to refer; to cite; to allude; to invoke
  6. (of an expression, emotion, attitude, etc, now chiefly in negative senses) to make; to express; to show; to assume
  7. to undergo a spasmodic muscular movement: to jerk, to twitch, to be cramped, to be convulsed, etc.
  8. (auxiliary) to begin, to start; to become, to get

Derived terms

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Adverb

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ชัก (chák)

  1. almost, nearly; rather, quite

Further reading

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  • ชัก” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.