กลับ(glàp)

Meanings

1VerbA1

[to] return; go/come back

To go or come back to a previous place or point.

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)กลับบ้านglàp bâanกลับบ้านglàp bâan[to] go (back) home; return homeตอนเย็นdton yenตอนเย็นdton yen1evening; early evening2in the evening
I go back home in the evening.
2VerbA2

[to] turn over/flip/reverse

To change something so the opposite side or direction faces up, forward, or outward.

Examples

ช่วยchûuaiช่วยchûuai1please (polite request)2[to] save; rescue [sb]3[to] help; assist [sb/sth]กลับglàpกลับglàp1[to] turn over/flip/reverse2contrary; on the contrary3[to] return; go/come back4back; in returnขนมปังkà-nŏm bpangขนมปังkà-nŏm bpangbreadแผ่นpàenแผ่นpàen1sheet; slab; panel2disc; plate; record3tectonic plate (geo.)4classifier for flat itemsนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitด้านdâanด้านdâan1side; face (surface)2field; area; aspect3toward; on the side of4classifier: sides/faces/aspects5calloused; hardened; matteนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ขึ้นkêunขึ้นkêun1[to] go up; rise; ascend2[to] increase3[to] board; get on4inceptive/result: start to; become5northward/up-country6result complement: upward/better7[to] sprout; grow; appearหน่อยnòiหน่อยnòi1a little; a bit2polite softener (request)
Please flip this slice of bread so this side faces up.
3AdverbA2

back; in return

Indicates movement or change to a previous state or place; or an action done in return.

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ป่วยbpùaiป่วยbpùai1sick; ill; unwell2[to] be ill; fall sick3be troubled (formal/lit.)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)อยากyàakอยากyàak1[to] want; desire2to crave; to long forกลับมาglàp maaกลับมาglàp maa1[to] come back; return2[to] resume; make a comeback; be backเป็นเหมือนbpen mĕuuanเป็นเหมือนbpen mĕuuan1[to] be like; resemble [sb/sth]; be similar to [sb/sth]2[to] amount to; be tantamount to; be effectively equivalent to [sth]เดิมdermเดิมderm1original; initial2former; previous3as before; originally; same as before
I'm sick and want to get back to how I was before.
4AdverbB2

contrary; on the contrary

Used to indicate the opposite of what is expected or just stated (often in formal/literary or contrastive use).

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillคิดว่าkít wâaคิดว่าkít wâa1to think (that); be of the opinion (that)2to suppose/assume/guess (that)3[to] consider/regard (as)ฝนfŏnฝนfŏn1rain2[to] file; grind; honeจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)หยุดyùtหยุดyùt1[to] stop; halt2holiday; day off; breakแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)กลับglàpกลับglàp1[to] turn over/flip/reverse2contrary; on the contrary3[to] return; go/come back4back; in returnตกหนักdtòk nàkตกหนักdtòk nàk1[to] fall heavily; rain heavily2[to] fall heavily on [sb/sth]; be chiefly borne by [sb]ขึ้นkêunขึ้นkêun1[to] go up; rise; ascend2[to] increase3[to] board; get on4inceptive/result: start to; become5northward/up-country6result complement: upward/better7[to] sprout; grow; appearกว่าgwàaกว่าgwàa1than (comparative marker)2more than; over3by (margin of difference)เดิมdermเดิมderm1original; initial2former; previous3as before; originally; same as before
He thought the rain would stop, but instead it got heavier.

Related Words

Similar Meaning

พลิกplíkพลิกplík1[to] turn over; flip; turn2[to] flip through pages3[to] sprain; wrench4[to] reverse; overturn; change drastically
  • [to] turn over; flip; turn
  • [to] flip through pages
  • [to] sprain; wrench
  • [to] reverse; overturn; change drastically
ย้อนyónย้อนyón1[to] turn/go back; reverse; rewind2[to] look back; recall; refer back (to the past)3retro-; back- (prefixal use)4[to] retort; talk back
  • [to] turn/go back; reverse; rewind
  • [to] look back; recall; refer back (to the past)
  • retro-; back- (prefixal use)
  • [to] retort; talk back
ตรงกันข้ามdtrong gan kâamตรงกันข้ามdtrong gan kâam1opposite; contrary2on the opposite side; conversely3the opposite
  • opposite; contrary
  • on the opposite side; conversely
  • the opposite
กลับคืนglàp keunกลับคืนglàp keun1[to] return; go/come back2[to] restore; give back3back; back again (adverb)
  • [to] return; go/come back
  • [to] restore; give back
  • back; back again (adverb)
เสือกsèuuakเสือกsèuuak1[to] meddle (vulgar); [to] butt in2[to] push [sth]; [to] shove [sth] (archaic/literary)3and yet; but still (vulgar)
  • [to] meddle (vulgar); [to] butt in
  • [to] push [sth]; [to] shove [sth] (archaic/literary)
  • and yet; but still (vulgar)