Signification
Having many complicated or secret affairs.
Contexte culturel
In Myanmar, loyalty (Thissa) is a core Buddhist and social value. Calling someone 'chay-shoke' is a serious character critique that implies they lack this fundamental virtue. Among young people in Yangon, 'chay-shoke' is often used more lightly to tease friends who are talking to many people on dating apps, similar to 'player' in English. In a professional context, 'chay-shoke' can refer to 'kickbacks' or secret commissions. It suggests the person is not following the straight path of company policy. Classic Burmese plays often feature a 'chay-shoke' character (usually a male lead) whose tangled affairs lead to comedic or tragic consequences, reinforcing the social lesson that 'messy feet' lead to trouble.
Careful with Accusations
Calling someone 'chay-shoke' is a serious accusation. Only use it if you are sure or if you are gossiping in a safe circle.
Use with 'Tatt'
Add 'တတ်' (tat) to say someone is a 'serial' player: 'သူက ခြေရှုပ်တတ်တယ်'.
Signification
Having many complicated or secret affairs.
Careful with Accusations
Calling someone 'chay-shoke' is a serious accusation. Only use it if you are sure or if you are gossiping in a safe circle.
Use with 'Tatt'
Add 'တတ်' (tat) to say someone is a 'serial' player: 'သူက ခြေရှုပ်တတ်တယ်'.
Gender Nuance
While used for both, if used for a woman, it is often considered much more insulting due to traditional social double standards.
The 'Hands' Version
If you want to sound more like a native speaker when talking about corruption, use 'chay-shoke-let-shoke'.
Teste-toi
Choose the correct word to complete the idiom.
သူက အရမ်း ____ ရှုပ်တာပဲ။
The idiom for being unfaithful is 'ခြေရှုပ်' (chay-shoke).
Match the phrase to the correct situation.
When would you say 'သူ ခြေရှုပ်နေတယ်'?
'Chay-shoke' refers to secret romantic affairs or shady dealings.
Fill in the blank with the negative form of the idiom.
ကျွန်တော့်ရည်းစားက သစ္စာရှိတယ်၊ သူ ____ ပါဘူး။
In Burmese, the negative 'မ' goes before the verb 'ရှုပ်'.
Complete the dialogue.
A: ဟိုလူက ဘယ်လိုလူမျိုးလဲ? B: သတိထားနော်၊ သူက ____။
In a warning context about a person's character, 'chay-shoke' (player) is the most appropriate.
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Aides visuelles
Shoke (Messy) Variations
Banque d exercices
4 exercicesသူက အရမ်း ____ ရှုပ်တာပဲ။
The idiom for being unfaithful is 'ခြေရှုပ်' (chay-shoke).
When would you say 'သူ ခြေရှုပ်နေတယ်'?
'Chay-shoke' refers to secret romantic affairs or shady dealings.
ကျွန်တော့်ရည်းစားက သစ္စာရှိတယ်၊ သူ ____ ပါဘူး။
In Burmese, the negative 'မ' goes before the verb 'ရှုပ်'.
A: ဟိုလူက ဘယ်လိုလူမျိုးလဲ? B: သတိထားနော်၊ သူက ____။
In a warning context about a person's character, 'chay-shoke' (player) is the most appropriate.
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Questions fréquentes
10 questionsNo, for a messy room use 'ရှုပ်ပွနေတယ်' (shoke-pwa-nay-te). 'Chay-shoke' is only for behavior.
It's not a 'curse' word, but it is a negative label. It's like calling someone a 'cheater' or 'player'.
Yes, it is gender-neutral, though historically it was used more for men.
The opposite is 'သစ္စာရှိတယ်' (thissa-shi-te), which means to be loyal/faithful.
You can say 'သူ ခြေရှုပ်နေတာကို ငါမိသွားတယ်' (I caught him being messy/unfaithful).
Yes, to describe someone involved in secret, shady, or dishonest deals.
No, it has nothing to do with speed, only with the 'messiness' of their affairs.
No, that would sound very strange! Use 'လျှောက်ပြေးနေတယ်' (running around).
Yes, 'ဖောက်ပြန်ခြင်း' (hpauk-pyan-chin) is the formal term for infidelity.
Because feet create paths, and 'messy feet' create a tangled, dishonest path in life.
Expressions liées
ခြေရှုပ်လက်ရှုပ်
specialized formTo be involved in many shady affairs (both romantic and general).
ဖောက်ပြန်တယ်
synonymTo commit adultery or be unfaithful.
လူရှုပ်
similarA troublemaker or a player.
အလုပ်ရှုပ်တယ်
contrastTo be busy with work.
မျက်စိရှုပ်တယ်
similarTo be an eyesore or to be annoyed by seeing something messy.
