ชู

See also: ช, ชี้, and ชู้

Thai

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

ชู • (chuu) (abstract noun การชู)

(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
(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
(figurative, now chiefly in combination, transitive) to exalt; to extol.