พบหน้า(póp nâa)

Meanings

1VerbB1

[to] meet face-to-face; see [sb] in person

to meet someone in person, directly and physically (not online or by phone)

Examples

พรุ่งนี้prûng-néeพรุ่งนี้prûng-née1tomorrow (the day after today)2tomorrow; on the day after todayฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)พบหน้าpóp nâaพบหน้าpóp nâa1[to] meet face-to-face; see [sb] in person2[to] come face-to-face; encounter in personเพื่อนpêuuanเพื่อนpêuuan1friend2classmate; colleague (peer)3companion; fellowที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotไม่ได้mâi dâaiไม่ได้mâi dâai1cannot; not allowed; impossible2did not3[to] fail to get/receive [sth]4unacceptable; not allowed (won’t do)5No way!; absolutely not6not really/actually (corrective)เจอกันjer ganเจอกันjer gan1[!] see you; see you later2[to] meet each other; meet upนานnaanนานnaan1for a long time2long (in duration)
Tomorrow I'm going to meet my friend (in person) whom I haven't seen in a long time.
2VerbB1

[to] come face-to-face; encounter in person

to encounter or run into someone in person, sometimes unexpectedly

Examples

เมื่อวานmêuua waanเมื่อวานmêuua waan1yesterday (the day before today)2yesterday; yesterday (as an adverb)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ตลาดdtà-làatตลาดdtà-làat1popular; mainstream (colloq.)2market; marketplace3market (economic demand/sector)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)บังเอิญbang ernบังเอิญbang ern1by chance; accidentally2coincidental; accidental3[to] happen by chance; meet by chanceพบหน้าpóp nâaพบหน้าpóp nâa1[to] meet face-to-face; see [sb] in person2[to] come face-to-face; encounter in personเพื่อนเก่าpêuuan gàoเพื่อนเก่าpêuuan gàoold friend
Yesterday I went to the market and happened to run into an old friend.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

พบpópพบpóp1[to] meet [sb]2[to] encounter; experience3[to] find; discoverPart 1
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หน้าnâaหน้าnâa1front; frontage2next; upcoming3face—prefix (before nouns)4in front; at the front5season (in names)6page7facePart 2
พบหน้าpóp nâaพบหน้าpóp nâa[to] meet face-to-face; see [sb] in person