chực

Từ điển Việt Anh (Vietnamese English Dictionary)

verb
To stand by
To be about to
nó chĩa súng chực bắn nhưng không kịp he aimed his gun and was about to fire, but it was too late
Như ghẹ To wait

	[chực]
	động từ
		To stand by
			nhân dân đứng chực hai bên đường hoan hô quân giải phóng
			crowds were standing by on both sides of the road to acclaim the liberation troops
		To be about to
			nó chĩa súng chực bắn nhưng không kịp
			he aimed his gun and was about to fire, but it was too late
		Như ghẹ
		To wait (for); expect, await; be on the watch (for), lie in wait (for)
			Tú bà chực sẵn bên màn (truyện Kiều )
			Dame Tú was waiting by the patient's bed