Emergencies
❃ Emergencies
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ကယ်ကြပါဦး
[ Ke gya ba ohn! ] -
Help!
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လူနာတင်ယာဉ်ခေါ်ပေးပါ
[ Lu na tin yin khaw pay ba ] -
Call an ambulance!
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အရေးပေါ်ကိစ္စပါ
[ A yay baw keik sa ba ] -
It's an emergency!
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မီးလောင်နေပြီ
[ Mi laung ne bi! ] -
Fire!
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သူခိုး
[ Thu kho! ] -
Thief!
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ရပ်လိုက်
[ Yat laik! ] -
Stop!
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သတိထား
[ Tha di hta! ] -
Watch out! / Danger!
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ရဲခေါ်ပေးပါ
[ Ye khaw pay ba ] -
Call the police!
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သူအသက်မရှူတော့ဘူး
[ Thu a thet ma shu daw bu ] -
He/She is not breathing.
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သူသတိလစ်သွားတယ်
[ Thu tha di lit thwa de ] -
He/She fainted.
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သွေးတွေအရမ်းထွက်နေတယ်
[ Thway dway a yan htwet ne de ] -
He/She is bleeding a lot.
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ဒီမှာဆရာဝန်ရှိလား
[ Di hma sa ya wun shi la? ] -
Is there a doctor here?
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အရေးပေါ်အကူအညီလိုတယ်
[ A yay baw a ku a nyi lo de ] -
I need help urgently.
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ကျွန်တော့်ကိုအေးဆေးနေပါရစေ
[ Kya naw go aye say ne ba ya zay ] -
Leave me alone!
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မထိနဲ့
[ Ma hti ne! ] -
Don't touch me!
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ကားတိုက်မှုဖြစ်သွားတယ်
[ Ka taik mu phyit thwa de ] -
There was an accident (car crash).
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လူတစ်ယောက်ဒဏ်ရာရသွားတယ်
[ Lu ta yauk dan ya ya thwa de ] -
Someone is hurt.
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မြန်မြန်လုပ်ပါ
[ Myan myan loke ba! ] -
Please hurry!
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ထွက်ပေါက်ဘယ်မှာလဲ
[ Htwet pauk be hma le? ] -
Where is the exit?
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ပိတ်မိနေတယ်
[ Peik mi ne de ] -
I am trapped.
Experiencing a vital emergency in a foreign country is a universally terrifying prospect, but in Myanmar, the cultural response to a crisis is incredibly swift, communal, and deeply reassuring. Burmese society is fundamentally built on collective responsibility rather than individualism. Therefore, if you find yourself in sudden, life-threatening danger, you will not be ignored by bystanders. If you scream ကယ်ကြပါဦး (ke gya ba ohn!) [kɛ̀ dʑa̰ bà ʔóʊɴ], meaning "Help!", you can expect dozens of local people to immediately drop whatever they are doing and sprint towards you to offer physical assistance. In the event of a severe medical crisis or a terrible accident on the street, shouting လူနာတင်ယာဉ်ခေါ်ပေးပါ (lu na tin yin khaw pay ba) [lù nà tɪ̀ɴ jɪ̀ɴ kʰɔ̀ pé pà], which translates to "Call an ambulance!", will prompt locals to furiously dial local emergency numbers or flag down passing cars to rush the injured person to safety. Fire is another significant hazard in densely packed neighborhoods or ancient wooden structures. If you spot flames, shouting မီးလောင်နေပြီ (mi laung ne bi!) [mí làʊɴ nè bì], meaning "Fire!", will instantly mobilize the neighborhood to form bucket brigades and call the fire department. If you witness a traffic collision, a regrettably common occurrence on the chaotic roads, knowing the phrase ကားတိုက်မှုဖြစ်သွားတယ် (ka taik mu phyit thwa de) [ká taɪʔ mḛ pʰjɪʔ θwá dɛ̀], meaning "There has been a car accident," allows you to quickly alert authorities or nearby police officers. When crime strikes, such as a rare instance of a purse-snatching, pointing and yelling ရဲခေါ်ပေးပါ (ye khaw pay ba) [jɛ́ kʰɔ̀ pé pà] for "Call the police!" or screaming သူခိုး (thu kho!) [θə kʰó] meaning "Thief!" will often result in the entire street mobilizing to chase down the culprit. While tourists rarely face such extreme situations, possessing this vital vocabulary transforms your vulnerability into empowerment, giving you the tools to command the immediate, unwavering support of the heroic local community.
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