รำพึง(ram peung)

Meanings

1VerbC1

[to] muse; brood; mutter to oneself

To reflect silently or speak softly to oneself in a pensive or wistful manner.

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillนั่งnângนั่งnâng1[to] sit; sit down2[to] take; ride [sth] (vehicle)เงียบngîiapเงียบngîiap1quiet; silent2quiet (place/time)3[to] be quiet; fall silent4[to] go silent; ghost [sb] (colloq.)-มองหน้าmong nâaมองหน้าmong nâa1[to] look at someone's face; meet someone's eyes2[to] face someone; be able to meet someone's eyesต่างdtàangต่างdtàang1different; distinct2various; diverse3foreign; from another place4each; respectively5to differ; be different6in place of; as a substitute forแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)รำพึงram peungรำพึงram peung1musing; murmured thought2[to] muse; brood; mutter to oneselfกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)ตัวเองdtuua engตัวเองdtuua eng1oneself; myself; yourself; themselves2you (intimate)3self; one's own self; identityว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeควรkuuanควรkuuan1should; ought to2appropriate; proper; suitable3deserve; be worthy ofตัดสินใจdtàt-sĭn-jaiตัดสินใจdtàt-sĭn-jai[to] decideอย่างไรyàang-raiอย่างไรyàang-rai1how; in what way2what kind; which wayดีdeeดีdee1good; of good quality2kind; virtuous3well; nicely4it’s best; better (advisory tone)5gall; bile
He sat quietly looking out the window and murmured to himself about how he should decide.
2NounC1

musing; murmured thought

A quiet, introspective utterance or thought expressed softly to oneself; a musing.

Examples

She sat quietly, murmuring to herself, “If only Dad were still here.”

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