ตื่นขึ้น

dtèun kêun

Meanings

1VerbA1

[to] wake up; awaken

To stop sleeping and become awake; to regain consciousness.

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ตื่นขึ้นdtèun kêunตื่นขึ้นdtèun kêun1[to] wake up; awaken2[to] become alert/aware3[to] arise; be stirred (of feelings/activity)ตอนdtonตอนdton1episode; chapter2when; at the time (of)3section; part4time segment; periodเจ็ดโมงเช้าjèt mohng cháoเจ็ดโมงเช้าjèt mohng cháo17 a.m.2at 7 a.m.
I wake up at seven in the morning.
2VerbB1

[to] become alert/aware

To become more alert or conscious of something; to rouse from inattention.

Examples

พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyได้ยินdâi-yinได้ยินdâi-yin1[to] hear2[to] hear of; be told; learn (by hearing)เสียงsĭiangเสียงsĭiang1sound; noise2voice3vote4tone; timbre5phonetic toneแปลกๆbplàek bplàekแปลกๆbplàek bplàek1somewhat strange; kind of odd2weird/off; suspicious (colloquial)3oddly; in a strange wayเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerตื่นขึ้นdtèun kêunตื่นขึ้นdtèun kêun1[to] wake up; awaken2[to] become alert/aware3[to] arise; be stirred (of feelings/activity)ทันทีtan teeทันทีtan tee1immediately; at once2as soon as; the moment that (ทันทีที่)
He immediately became alert when he heard a strange noise.
3VerbB2

[to] arise; be stirred (of feelings/activity)

To begin or come into being, especially of emotions, public awareness, or activity (e.g., hope, interest, or movements awakening).

Examples

ความสนใจkwaam sŏn jaiความสนใจkwaam sŏn jai1interest; curiosity2attention; focusในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)การถ่ายภาพgaan tàai pâapการถ่ายภาพgaan tàai pâap1photographing; taking pictures2photography (art/field)3photo shoot; photographic sessionของเขาkŏng kăoของเขาkŏng kăohis; hers; theirsเพิ่งจะpôeng jàเพิ่งจะpôeng jàjust; only just; recentlyตื่นขึ้นdtèun kêunตื่นขึ้นdtèun kêun1[to] wake up; awaken2[to] become alert/aware3[to] arise; be stirred (of feelings/activity)เมื่อไม่นานมานี้mêuua mâi naan maa néeเมื่อไม่นานมานี้mêuua mâi naan maa néerecently; not long ago
His interest in photography has only recently awakened.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ตื่นdtèuunตื่นdtèuun1[to] be startled; alarmed; overexcited (about)2be awake; stay awake3[to] wake up; awakenPart 1
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ขึ้นkêunขึ้นkêun1[to] go up; rise; ascend2[to] increase3[to] board; get on4inceptive/result: start to; become5northward/up-country6result complement: upward/betterPart 2
ตื่นขึ้นdtèun kêunตื่นขึ้นdtèun kêun[to] wake up; awaken