ฝัน
făn
Meanings
1NounA2
dream (during sleep)
images, sensations, or thoughts that occur in the mind during sleep
Examples
เมื่อคืนmêuua keunเมื่อคืนmêuua keun1last night (the night before today)2last nightฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoฝันfănฝันfăn1dream (during sleep)2[to] dream (during sleep)3dream; aspiration; fantasy4[to] dream; aspire; fantasizeแปลกๆbplàek bplàekแปลกๆbplàek bplàek1somewhat strange; kind of odd2weird/off; suspicious (colloquial)3oddly; in a strange wayเหมือนmĕuuanเหมือนmĕuuan1similar; alike2like; as3as if; as thoughบินbinบินbin1[to] fly2[to] fly (by air travel)ได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)
Last night I had a strange dream, like I could fly.
2NounA2
[to] dream (during sleep)
to experience images, sensations, or thoughts during sleep
Examples
เมื่อคืนmêuua keunเมื่อคืนmêuua keun1last night (the night before today)2last nightฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ฝันเห็นfăn hĕnฝันเห็นfăn hĕn[to] see [sb]/[sth] in a dreamแมวmaeoแมวmaeo1cat2cat (any feline)ตัวเล็กdtuua lékตัวเล็กdtuua lék1small; small in build2lowercase (letters)3small version/variant
Last night I dreamed of a small cat.
3NounA2
dream; aspiration; fantasy
a strong hope or goal for the future; also an unreal or fanciful idea
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoฝันfănฝันfăn1dream (during sleep)2[to] dream (during sleep)3dream; aspiration; fantasy4[to] dream; aspire; fantasizeอยากyàakอยากyàak1[to] want; desire2to crave; to long forเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsครูkruuครูkruu1teacher2master; mentor (respectful)3teacher (classifier; formal)
I have a dream to become a teacher.
4NounA2
[to] dream; aspire; fantasize
to have a strong hope or goal for the future; or to imagine things that are not realistic
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ฝันfănฝันfăn1dream (during sleep)2[to] dream (during sleep)3dream; aspiration; fantasy4[to] dream; aspire; fantasizeอยากyàakอยากyàak1[to] want; desire2to crave; to long forเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsหมอmŏrหมอmŏr1doctor; physician2traditional healer; shaman3expert; specialist (informal)4veterinarian5not a classifier (use คน/ท่าน)ในอนาคตnai à-naa-kótในอนาคตnai à-naa-kótin the future
I dream of becoming a doctor in the future.