ชอุ่ม(chà-ùm)

Meanings

1AdjectiveB2

lush; verdant

full of thick, healthy, green growth

Examples

หลังlăngหลังlăng1back (of body)2behind; at the back of3after; later than4roof (of a house)5CL: building; house; structure6rear; back (part)หน้าฝนnâa fŏnหน้าฝนnâa fŏn1rainy season; monsoon season2during the rainy seasonสวนหลังบ้านsŭuan lăng bâanสวนหลังบ้านsŭuan lăng bâanbackyard; back gardenก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerเขียวชอุ่มkĭiao chà-ùmเขียวชอุ่มkĭiao chà-ùmlush green; verdantจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofดูdooดูdoo1consult; get advice from2try; have a go3[to] divine; tell fortune4[to] examine; check; inspect5[to] seem; appear6[to] look; watch; seeมีชีวิตชีวาmee chee-wít chee-waaมีชีวิตชีวาmee chee-wít chee-waa1lively; animated2vibrant; vivid
After the rainy season, the backyard garden is lush and vibrant.
2AdjectiveB2

moist; slightly damp; dewy

slightly wet in a fresh way, as with dew or light moisture

Examples

เช้าcháaoเช้าcháao1morning2morning; early-morning3in the morningๆ-ใบหญ้าbai yâaใบหญ้าbai yâablade of grassยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)ชอุ่มchà-ùmชอุ่มchà-ùm1lush; verdant2moist; slightly damp; dewy3gloomy-dim (with humidity)ด้วยdûuayด้วยdûuay1with; together with2also; too; as well3by; by means of; using4because; since (formal/literary)5polite/softening sentence particle (formal)6because of; due toน้ำค้างnám káangน้ำค้างnám káangdew
In the morning, the grass blades are still slightly moist with dew.
3AdjectiveC1

gloomy-dim (with humidity)

dim or overcast in a way that feels heavy or humid (literary)

Examples

บ่ายbàaiบ่ายbàai1afternoon2[to] slant; lean; turn aside3in the afternoonวันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)ท้องฟ้าtóng fáaท้องฟ้าtóng fáasky; heavensชอุ่มchà-ùmชอุ่มchà-ùm1lush; verdant2moist; slightly damp; dewy3gloomy-dim (with humidity)จนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofเหมือนmĕuuanเหมือนmĕuuan1similar; alike2like; as3as if; as thoughฝนfŏnฝนfŏn1rain2[to] file; grind; honeจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ตกdtòkตกdtòk1[to] fall; drop2(rain/snow) fall3[to] fail (an exam/test)4[to] end up at; be assigned to; be allotted5[to] be left out; miss one’s turn6[to] cost; come to7[to] be startled; be alarmed8[to] drop; decline; decrease
This afternoon the sky was so dim and heavy it looked like rain was coming.

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