ซุ่มซ่อน(sûm sôn)

Meanings

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[to] hide; [to] conceal oneself

To hide or conceal oneself, often while waiting for someone or something; to lie in ambush.

Examples

แมวmaeoแมวmaeo1cat2cat (any feline)ซุ่มซ่อนsûm sônซุ่มซ่อนsûm sôn[to] hide; [to] conceal oneselfอยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainหลังlăngหลังlăng1back (of body)2behind; at the back of3after; later than4roof (of a house)5CL: building; house; structure6rear; back (part)พุ่มไม้pûm máaiพุ่มไม้pûm máai1bush; shrub2shrubbery; clump of bushesเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)จับjàpจับjàp1[to] hold; grasp2[to] touch; feel3[to] catch; seize; capture4[to] arrest5[to] detect; pick up; sense6[to] assign; pair up; match7[to be] chilled; feel cold (body part)8[to] set; fix (price, time, etc.)นกnókนกnók1bird2[to] get stood up; miss out (slang)3classifier for birds (ตัว)
The cat is hiding behind the bush to catch a bird.

Related Words

Similar Meaning

ซ่อนตัวsôn dtuuaซ่อนตัวsôn dtuua1[to] hide (oneself); go into hiding2[to] lie low; keep a low profile
  • [to] hide (oneself); go into hiding
  • [to] lie low; keep a low profile
แอบซ่อนàep sônแอบซ่อนàep sôn[to] hide [sb/sth]; keep [sth] secret

[to] hide [sb/sth]; keep [sth] secret

หลบซ่อนlòp sônหลบซ่อนlòp sôn1[to] hide; conceal oneself2[to] lie low; stay hidden to avoid trouble3[to] keep a secret; conceal information
  • [to] hide; conceal oneself
  • [to] lie low; stay hidden to avoid trouble
  • [to] keep a secret; conceal information
ซ่อนแอบsôn àepซ่อนแอบsôn àep1hide-and-seek (game)2[to] hide; [to] hide away
  • hide-and-seek (game)
  • [to] hide; [to] hide away
แอบแฝงàep făengแอบแฝงàep făeng1[to] hide; lurk; infiltrate; be concealed2covert; hidden; implicit
  • [to] hide; lurk; infiltrate; be concealed
  • covert; hidden; implicit

Word Breakdown

ซุ่มsûmซุ่มsûm1[to] do [sth] secretly; in secret2clumsy; awkward (Isan/colloq.)3secretly; quietly4[to] hide; lie in waitPart 1
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ซ่อนsônซ่อนsôn1[to] hide [sth]2[to] conceal; keep secretPart 2
ซุ่มซ่อนsûm sônซุ่มซ่อนsûm sôn[to] hide; [to] conceal oneself