กลับคืน(glàp keun)

Meanings

1VerbA2

[to] return; go/come back

to go or come back to a former place or state; to revert

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillอยากyàakอยากyàak1[to] want; desire2to crave; to long forกลับคืนglàp keunกลับคืนglàp keun1[to] return; go/come back2[to] restore; give back3back; back again (adverb)บ้านเกิดbâan gèrtบ้านเกิดbâan gèrtbirthplace; hometownเร็วreoเร็วreo1fast; quick (speed/time)2premature; too soon3quickly; fastๆ-
He wants to come back to his hometown soon.
2VerbB1

[to] restore; give back

to return something to its owner or to its original state

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)กลับคืนglàp keunกลับคืนglàp keun1[to] return; go/come back2[to] restore; give back3back; back again (adverb)กระเป๋าสตางค์grà-bpăo sà-dtaangกระเป๋าสตางค์grà-bpăo sà-dtaangwallet; coin purseให้hâiให้hâi1[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; permitเจ้าของjâo kŏngเจ้าของjâo kŏng1owner; proprietor2holder; bearer3the person concerned; rightful partyเมื่อmêuuaเมื่อmêuua1when; at the time that2when (past time marker)เจอjerเจอjer1[to] meet; run into2[to] face; experience3[to] find; come across
I will return the wallet to its owner when I find them.
3AdverbB1

back; back again (adverb)

used adverbially to indicate a return to a previous state or condition

Examples

พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyอากาศเย็นaa-gàat yenอากาศเย็นaa-gàat yencool weatherลงlongลงlong1[to] go down; descend2[to] put; apply; record3[to] decrease; go down4[to] land; alight5down; downstream6downstream; southbound7[to] get off (vehicle)เสียงนกร้องsĭiang nók róngเสียงนกร้องsĭiang nók róngbirdsong; birds' chirpingในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)สวนsŭuanสวนsŭuan1[to] oppose; contradict; go against2[to] move against; counter (direction)3classifier: gardens/orchards/plantations4garden; orchard; parkก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerดังdangดังdang1loud2[to] sound; resound3famous; well-known4as; likeกลับคืนglàp keunกลับคืนglàp keun1[to] return; go/come back2[to] restore; give back3back; back again (adverb)
As the weather cooled, the birdsong in the garden returned.

Related Words

Similar Meaning

คืนกลับkeun glàpคืนกลับkeun glàp[to] return; [to] revert; [to] be restored (to a previous state/place)

[to] return; [to] revert; [to] be restored (to a previous state/place)

ย้อนคืนyón keunย้อนคืนyón keun1[to] revert; return; go back2[to] give back; restore
  • [to] revert; return; go back
  • [to] give back; restore
คืนkeunคืนkeun1nighttime; night2[to] return [sth]; give back3[to] refund; reimburse4per (night) [prefix use]
  • nighttime; night
  • [to] return [sth]; give back
  • [to] refund; reimburse
  • per (night) [prefix use]
หวนกลับhŭuan glàpหวนกลับhŭuan glàp[to] return; come back; happen again (to a previous place, state, or condition)

[to] return; come back; happen again (to a previous place, state, or condition)

ย้อนกลับyón glàpย้อนกลับyón glàp1[to] go back; revert2back; in reverse3back (button/action)
  • [to] go back; revert
  • back; in reverse
  • back (button/action)

Word Breakdown

กลับglàpกลับglàp1[to] turn over/flip/reverse2contrary; on the contrary3[to] return; go/come back4back; in returnPart 1
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คืนkeunคืนkeun1nighttime; night2[to] return [sth]; give back3[to] refund; reimburse4per (night) [prefix use]Part 2
กลับคืนglàp keunกลับคืนglàp keun[to] return; go/come back