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ချိုး | cho3; cho3

(1) cho3 - break a stick (breɪk 🔊) or stick-like object.

ချိုး | cho3 is ပြုခြင်း | pyu1-jin3 - [grammar] active (ˈak-tiv 🔊) to break up something, in the same sense as ခွဲ | khweare3, whereas ကျိုး | kjo3 is အပြုခံရခြင်း | a-pyu1-khan2-ya1 jin3 - [grammar] passive (ˈpa-siv 🔊) to describe something, such as a stick-like object that is broken in the same sense as ကွဲ | kweare3.

ကျိုးအောင်ချိုးလိုက် | kjo3 oun2 cho3 lite - break it apart.

Another Example:

စံချိန် | sun2-jain2 - best performance record; highest or the most extreme record.

စံချိန်ကျိုး | sun2-jain2 kjo3 - စံချိန် | sun2-jain2 to be broken.

စံချိန်ချိုး | sun2-jain2 cho3 - break the record; set a new record; surpass or outperform the previous စံချိန် | sun2-jain2.

(2) cho3 - gather; pick bamboo shoots (ˌˈbæmˌbu ʃut 🔊) as in မျှစ်ချိုး | hmyit cho3.

(3) cho3 - turn; make a left turn or right turn.

ကားရှင်းရင်ညာဘက်ချိုး | ka3 shin3 yin2 nya2-bet cho3 - Turn right if the road is clear.

(4) cho3 - cut a deck of playing cards (ˈkət 🔊), divide a deck of cards into two portions as in ဖဲချိုး | pfeare3 cho3.

(5) cho3 - fold a piece of paper (foʊld 🔊).

စက္ကူကို အလယ်ကချိုးပါ | set-ku2 go2 a-leare2 ga1 cho3 ba2 - Fold the paper into half (along the middle).

(6) cho3 - bathe; shower ( ˈshau̇(-ə)r🔊), bathe in a shower; take a bath ([UK] bɑːθ [US] bæθ 🔊) as in ရေချိုး | yay2-cho3.

ချိုးရေ | cho3 yay2 - water for bathing (ˈbeɪðɪŋ 🔊).

(7) cho3 - crack knuckles (ˈkrak 🔊), making a sharp cracking sound as in လက်ဆစ်ချိုး | let-hsit cho3.

(8) cho3 - count (kaʊnt 🔊) by flexing one finger after another as in လက်ချိုးရေ | let-cho3 yay2.

(9) cho3 - display a bad attitude.

ဒါမျိုးအချိုးချိုးနေတာလက်မခံနိုင်ဘူး | da2 myo3 a-cho3 cho3 nay2 da2 let-ma1-khan2 nine2-bu3 - I will not accept this kind of attitude.

(10) cho3 - compose a verse or a poem.

စာချိုး | sa2 cho3 - compose a satirical poem to lampoon someone.

(11) cho3 - numerical classifier (measure word) used in counting components of a အချိုး | a-cho3 - proportion or ratio.