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| ชั่วพริบตา chuaaF phripH dtaaM |  |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | ชั่ว-พฺริบ-ตา |
| IPA | tɕʰûːa pʰríp taː |
| Royal Thai General System | chua phrip ta |
| [adverb] | |||
| definition | in an instant; in the blink of an eye | ||
| components | ชั่ว  | chuaaF | during; throughout |
| พริบ | phripH | [of the eye(s)] to wink; to twinkle; to blink | |
 ตา | dtaaM | eye | |
| synonyms | ช่วงสั้น | chuaangF sanF | for a short period of time |
| ชั่วครู่ | chuaaF khruuF | a short period of time | |
| ชั่วครู่ชั่วยาม | chuaaF khruuF chuaaF yaamM | for a moment; briefly | |
| เดี๋ยวเดียว | diaaoR diaaoM | for a moment; for a short time; for a little while; for a minute; for a while | |
| ประเดี๋ยวประด๋าว | bpraL diaaoR bpraL daaoR | for a short period, for a short term, shortly, presently, momentarily | |
| ประเดี๋ยวเดียว | bpraL diaaoR diaaoM | for a moment; for a short time; for a little while; for a minute; for a while | |
| แป๊บเดียว | bpaaepH diaaoM | a very short period of time; just a minute | |
| ไม่ช้า | maiF chaaH | soon | |
| ไม่นาน | maiF naanM | soon; not long from now; not long ago; for a short period of time | |
| อึดใจหนึ่ง | eutL jaiM neungL | for a moment; in a moment; in an instant | |
| sample sentence | ในสมรภูมิธุรกิจไฮเทคโนโลยีโดยเฉพาะอย่างยิ่งธุรกิจโทรศัพท์มือถือผู้นำตลาดในวันนี้อาจเพลี่ยงพล้ำเป็นผู้แพ้ได้ชั่วพริบตา naiM saL maawR raH phuumM thooH raH gitL haiM thaehkF no:hM lo:hM yeeM dooyM chaL phawH yaangL yingF thooH raH gitL tho:hM raH sapL meuuM theuuR phuuF namM dtaL laatL naiM wanM neeH aatL phliiangF phlaamH bpenM phuuF phaaeH daiF chuaaF phripH dtaaM "In the competitive arena of high technology, especially in the mobile phone business, today’s market leader can commit an error and become tomorrow’s loser in the blink of any eye." | ||
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