ควัน
kwan
Meanings
1NounA2
smoke; fumes
visible gaseous byproduct with fine particles from burning or chemical processes
Examples
มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoควันkwanควันkwan1smoke; fumes2steam; vapor (loose/colloquial)3exhaust fumes; emissionsลอยloiลอยloi1floating; adrift2[to] float; drift3[to] hover; be suspended4[to] float (price/exchange rate)ออกมาòk maaออกมาòk maa1[to] come out; emerge2[to] be released; be made public3[to] turn out; end up4[to] come forward; speak outจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)กองไฟgong faiกองไฟgong faibonfire; campfire; fire (pile of burning wood)
Smoke is rising from the bonfire.
2NounB1
steam; vapor (loose/colloquial)
light mist from heat, as from hot food or boiling water; colloquial use (technical term is ไอน้ำไอน้ำai náam1steam; water vapor2steam (as working fluid)3condensed mist)
Examples
เปิดbpèrtเปิดbpèrt1[to] turn on; switch on2[to] start; launch; open for business3[to] open; unwrap; unlock; turn onฝาfăaฝาfăa1lid; cover2shutter; door leaf; panel3wall panel; partition (traditional)4classifier for twins or matched pairsหม้อmôrหม้อmôr1pot; cooking pot2jar; pot (earthen/ceramic)3electric rice cooker (colloquial)4transformer/power supply (slang)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)เห็นhĕnเห็นhĕn1[to] see2[to] notice; [to] realize; [to] find (that)3[to] think; [to] be of the opinion4[to] consider; [to] regard asควันkwanควันkwan1smoke; fumes2steam; vapor (loose/colloquial)3exhaust fumes; emissionsร้อนrónร้อนrón1hot (temperature)2spicy (taste)3[to] be hot; become hot; heat (sth) up4urgent; intense5hot (season/weather)ลอยloiลอยloi1floating; adrift2[to] float; drift3[to] hover; be suspended4[to] float (price/exchange rate)ขึ้นมาkêun maaขึ้นมาkêun maa1[to] come up (toward the speaker); move upward2[to] get up; rise3[to] go up; increase4[to] arise; appear; emerge5[to] become; start to be (change of state)
I opened the pot lid and saw warm vapor rising up.
3NounB1
exhaust fumes; emissions
smoke-like gases from engines or machinery, e.g., car exhaust
Examples
รถrótรถrót1vehicle (general)2car; automobile3train (only in compounds)4classifier: vehiclesคันkanคันkan1itchy2itch3lever; handle4classifier for vehicles5shaft; rod; poleนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)ปล่อยควันbplòi kwanปล่อยควันbplòi kwan[to] emit smokeออกมาòk maaออกมาòk maa1[to] come out; emerge2[to] be released; be made public3[to] turn out; end up4[to] come forward; speak outหนาแน่นnăa nâenหนาแน่นnăa nâen1dense; crowded2thick; compact3high-density; intenseจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)ท่อไอเสียtôr ai sĭiaท่อไอเสียtôr ai sĭia1exhaust pipe; tailpipe2exhaust system/muffler (colloquial)
That car is emitting thick smoke from the exhaust pipe.