ซุน(sun)

Meanings

1Proper nounB1

Sun (Chinese surname)

a Chinese family name “Sun” (孫/孙), rendered in Thai as ซุนซุนsun1[to] fumble; feel around; grope (dialectal)2[to] poke at; meddle with; provoke/tease (dialectal)3Sun (Chinese surname); appears in names such as ซุนวูซุนวูsun wooSun Tzu; ancient Chinese military strategist (Sun Wu, “Sun Tzu”).

Examples

คนนี้kon néeคนนี้kon néethis personชื่อchêuชื่อchêu1name2reputation; renown3[to] be named; be calledซุนsunซุนsun1[to] fumble; feel around; grope (dialectal)2[to] poke at; meddle with; provoke/tease (dialectal)3Sun (Chinese surname)ยัตเซ็นsenเซ็นsen[to] sign (one's name)ครับkrápครับkráp1polite particle (male speaker)2acknowledgment/response particle
This person's name is Sun Yat-sen.
2VerbB2

[to] fumble; feel around; grope (dialectal)

to feel around with the hands to find something; to grope or rummage, especially in the dark or when you cannot see clearly (colloquial, often Northern/Isan).

Examples

เมื่อคืนmêuua keunเมื่อคืนmêuua keun1last night (the night before today)2last nightไฟดับfai dàpไฟดับfai dàp1power outage; blackout2[of power/lights] go out; cut outผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)ตื่นdtèuunตื่นdtèuun1[to] be startled; alarmed; overexcited (about)2be awake; stay awake3[to] wake up; awakenมาแล้วmaa láewมาแล้วmaa láew[sb/sth] has arrived; is here; here it comes!ต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightซุนsunซุนsun1[to] fumble; feel around; grope (dialectal)2[to] poke at; meddle with; provoke/tease (dialectal)3Sun (Chinese surname)หาhăaหาhăa1[to] look for; search for2[to] find (after searching)3[to] get; procure4[to] earn (money); make a living5[to] visit; go see6[to] call for; ask for; contact (by phone)สวิตช์ไฟsà-wít faiสวิตช์ไฟsà-wít failight switchฉายchăaiฉายchăai1[to] screen; show; air2to appear/air (on media)3epithet; alias (as in ฉายา)4[to] emit; radiate (light/glow)5[to] project (light/image)ข้างkâangข้างkâang1beside; next to; by2side; lateral (modifier)3side; flank4side; party (in a dispute or game)เตียงdtiangเตียงdtiang1bed (furniture)2hospital bed/capacity3CLF: beds; bed-like platforms
The power went out last night. When I woke up, I had to feel around for the flashlight switch beside the bed.
3VerbB2

[to] poke at; meddle with; provoke/tease (dialectal)

to tamper with or fuss with something; to provoke/tease (often animals or people), usually with a warning sense like “don’t mess with it” (common in Isan/Northern speech).

Examples

อย่าyàaอย่าyàa1don’t; do not (negative imperative)2don’t … yet; hold offไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ซุนsunซุนsun1[to] fumble; feel around; grope (dialectal)2[to] poke at; meddle with; provoke/tease (dialectal)3Sun (Chinese surname)หมาmăaหมาmăa1dog2dog (insult)ตัวนั้นdtuua nánตัวนั้นdtuua nánthat one [animal, item]นะnáนะná1[!] persuasive/confirming particle2[!] softener; friendly particle3[!] attention-getter (initial position)เดี๋ยวdĭiaoเดี๋ยวdĭiao1soon; in a moment2for a moment; briefly; one moment3wait! just a moment4if … then (warning; colloquial)5alternating; now … now …โดนdohnโดนdohn1[to] get; be subjected to (passive, often negative)2[to] be hit; be struck; be affected3[to] hit the mark; be spot on (slang/colloq.)มันmanมันman1it (thing/animal)2he/she (colloquial, impolite)3greasy; oily; fatty4starchy tuber (yam, taro, etc.)5oil/fat (substance)6creamy; rich (texture/taste)7fun; thrilling; highly entertainingกัดgàtกัดgàt1[to] bite2[to] corrode; [to] etch3[to] sting; [to] irritate (skin)4biting; sharp (taste/sensation)5[to] mill (machining)เอาaoเอาao1[to] take; get; pick2[to] want (request/ordering)3[to] use; employ4[to] bring/take (for use)5marker: purpose/focus6marker: insistence/emphasis7[to] have sex (vulgar slang)
Don't go and mess with that dog, or you'll get bitten.

Related Words

Similar Meaning

คลำหาklam hăaคลำหาklam hăa[to] grope for [sth]; [to] fumble for [sth]

[to] grope for [sth]; [to] fumble for [sth]

ควานหาkwaan hăaควานหาkwaan hăa1[to] search for [sth] by feeling; [to] grope for2[to] look hard for; [to] search frantically for [sth]
  • [to] search for [sth] by feeling; [to] grope for
  • [to] look hard for; [to] search frantically for [sth]
แหย่yàeแหย่yàe1[to] poke; prod2[to] tease; provoke (often playfully)3[to] insert (a finger/object) into
  • [to] poke; prod
  • [to] tease; provoke (often playfully)
  • [to] insert (a finger/object) into
ยั่วyûuaยั่วyûua1[to] tease; provoke [sb]2[to] entice; arouse [sb]3provocative; teasing
  • [to] tease; provoke [sb]
  • [to] entice; arouse [sb]
  • provocative; teasing
กวนguanกวนguan1[to] stir; mix by stirring2[to] disturb; bother; annoy3annoying; provoking (informal)4[to] emulsify/thicken by stirring
  • [to] stir; mix by stirring
  • [to] disturb; bother; annoy
  • annoying; provoking (informal)
  • [to] emulsify/thicken by stirring