chit a and adv supine, flat (on the back): वह ज़मीन पर ~ लेटा हुआ था he was lying -- on the ground; वह ~ गिरा he fell flat; किसी को ~ करना to throw smb flat, △ to overpower, to defeat in wrestling. △ ~ भी मेरी पट भी मेरी head I win tail you lose. [Ant. पट].

chal·nā-phir·nā vi to move about: लोग गली में चलते-फिरते रहे people kept (on) moving about in the street. [see चलता- फिरता]

chuk·nā vi (a) to finish, to be finished: आटा (काम, माल) चुक Previous page Next page   |   Learners' Hindi-English dictionary = Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi sabdakosa span.head { font-weight:bold; } Previous page Next page -- 199 -- गया flour (work, goods) finished; खाना चुक गया the food ran out. (b) to be paid off: ऋण or हिसाब चुक गया था the debt या account had been paid off. (c) to be settled: झगड़ा चुक सकता है the dispute can be settled.

chatur·tā, चतुराई chaturāī fu cleverness, tactfulness, skilfullness: काम (खेल, गृहस्थी, राजनिति) में ~ दिखाना to show -- in work (play, household, politics). ~ से tactfully, skillfully. [syn. होशियारी, चालाकी is less mild].

chikitsālay mc hospital, dispensary; ~ में प्रवेश admission in a hospital; ~ के कर्मचारी workers in a --; पशुओं का ~ veterinary --. [syn. अस्पताल]

chor-bāzāriyā mc black marketeer; कल एक ~ पकड़ा गया yesterday a -- was nabbed.

chāl-ḍhāl fu (a) ways: लड़की की ~ अच्छी नहीं है the -- of the girl are not good. (b) deportment, bearing: आदमी की ~ से हम उसका चरित्र जान जाते हैं we come to know the character of a person from his --. [syn. रंग- ढंग]

chaṭṭā mc stack; ईंटों (मिट्टी, बालू) का ~ -- of bricks (gravel, sand). [see चक्का]

chāūbis a twenty four, 24 [किलो kilos, रूपये rupees, घंटे hours]; चौबीसों घंटे all the twenty four hours, day and night.

chīrā mc cut, incision; ~ देना/लगाना to cut open, to incise, to operate: बाँह पर ~ देना/लगाना to operate on the arm, to cut the arm open.