ควานหา(kwaan hăa)
Meanings
1VerbB1
[to] search for [sth] by feeling; [to] grope for
to search for something by feeling around for it, especially when unable to see clearly; to rummage for.
Examples
ตอนdtonตอนdton1episode; chapter2when; at the time (of)3section; part4time segment; periodไฟดับfai dàpไฟดับfai dàp1power outage; blackout2[of power/lights] go out; cut outฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightควานหาkwaan hăaควานหาkwaan hăa1[to] search for [sth] by feeling; [to] grope for2[to] look hard for; [to] search frantically for [sth]กล่องglòngกล่องglòng1box; case; container2classifier: boxes; box-shaped containersไม้ขีดไฟmái kèet faiไม้ขีดไฟmái kèet faimatch; matchstickในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ครัวkruuaครัวkruua1kitchen2cuisine3household (archaic/lit.)
When the power went out, I had to feel around for the matchbox in the kitchen.
2VerbB2
[to] look hard for; [to] search frantically for [sth]
to look everywhere for something with urgency or desperation, not only by touch; often used figuratively.
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillควานหาkwaan hăaควานหาkwaan hăa1[to] search for [sth] by feeling; [to] grope for2[to] look hard for; [to] search frantically for [sth]คำตอบkam dtòpคำตอบkam dtòp1answer; reply2solution; correct answerจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)หนังสือnǎng-sĕuหนังสือnǎng-sĕu1book (printed work)2document; letter3study textทุกtúkทุกtúk1every; each2every (interval/frequency)เล่มlêmเล่มlêm1CL: books/volumes/issues2blade (of a cutting tool)แต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)ไม่เจอmâi jerไม่เจอmâi jer[to] not find [sth/sb]วิธีแก้ปัญหาwí-tee gâe bpan-hăaวิธีแก้ปัญหาwí-tee gâe bpan-hăasolution; method to solve a problemนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)
He desperately searched for an answer in every book, but still couldn't find a solution to this problem.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
คลำหาklam hăaคลำหาklam hăa[to] grope for [sth]; [to] fumble for [sth]
[to] grope for [sth]; [to] fumble for [sth]
ซุนsunซุนsun1[to] fumble; feel around; grope (dialectal)2[to] poke at; meddle with; provoke/tease (dialectal)3Sun (Chinese surname)
- [to] fumble; feel around; grope (dialectal)
- [to] poke at; meddle with; provoke/tease (dialectal)
- Sun (Chinese surname)
ล้วงหาlúuang hăaล้วงหาlúuang hăa[to] rummage for [sth]; [to] feel around for [sth]
[to] rummage for [sth]; [to] feel around for [sth]
ลูบคลำlôop klamลูบคลำlôop klam1[to] grope; [to] fondle2[to] feel for [sth]; [to] fumble for [sth]3[to] feel [sth] by stroking; [to] palpate
- [to] grope; [to] fondle
- [to] feel for [sth]; [to] fumble for [sth]
- [to] feel [sth] by stroking; [to] palpate
งมหาngom hăaงมหาngom hăa[to] grope for [sth]; [to] search blindly for [sth]
[to] grope for [sth]; [to] search blindly for [sth]
Word Breakdown
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ควานหาkwaan hăaควานหาkwaan hăa[to] search for [sth] by feeling; [to] grope for