ร่อน(rôn)

Meanings

1VerbB1

[to] glide; soar; drift

to move smoothly through the air with little or no power (e.g., a bird, paper, or plane gliding)

Examples

กระดาษgrà-dàatกระดาษgrà-dàat1paper (material)2document; paperwork3sheet of paper; piece of paperใบbaiใบbai1leaf2sheet; slip; card; ticket; bill; receipt3license; permit; certificate4classifier (flat/thin items)5blade6petal; sepalหนึ่งnèungหนึ่งnèung1one (number)2a; one (single)3certain; particular4first; top; foremost5one (with classifier)หลุดมือlùt meuหลุดมือlùt meu1[to] slip from one’s hand; drop2[to] slip out of one’s grasp (figurative); lose hold ofแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)ร่อนลงrôn longร่อนลงrôn long1[to] glide down to land; come in to land2[to] float/glide downช้าcháaช้าcháa1slow2slowly3late; delayed4[to] be slow; be lateๆ-ตามdtaamตามdtaam1[to] follow; go after2[to] comply with; abide by; obey3according to; in accordance with4along; along (a path); following (direction)5after; behind; in pursuit of6as; in the capacity of (ตามที่/ตามฐานะ)ลมlomลมlom1wind2breeze; draft3air (breath); life-force (traditional)4nonsense; empty talk (fig.)5gas; flatulence
A sheet of paper slipped from my hand and glided down slowly with the wind.
2VerbB1

[to] sift; sieve

to separate finer parts from coarser parts by shaking through a sieve or screen

Examples

แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]ตะแกรงdtà-graengตะแกรงdtà-graeng1grating; mesh; grid; rack; grill2sieve; strainerร่อนrônร่อนrôn1[to] glide; soar; drift2[to] sift; sieve3[to] wander; drift around4[to] pan (for gold)5[to] scatter; fling about6[to] peel off; flake offแป้งbpâaengแป้งbpâaeng1flour; starch (for cooking)2dough; batter (colloquial)3powder (cosmetic; talc)ก่อนgònก่อนgòn1before; earlier; previously; first2previous; prior; formerทำเค้กtam kékทำเค้กtam kék[to] make a cake; [to] bake a cake
Mom uses a sieve to sift the flour before making a cake.
3VerbB2

[to] wander; drift around

to move from place to place without a fixed aim; to be adrift or roam about (often colloquial)

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillไม่มีmâi meeไม่มีmâi mee1to not have; lack2there is/are not; does/do not exist3[reply] we don't have it; out of stockงานประจำngaan bprà-jamงานประจำngaan bprà-jam1regular job; day job2routine work; regular dutiesเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)ร่อนrônร่อนrôn1[to] glide; soar; drift2[to] sift; sieve3[to] wander; drift around4[to] pan (for gold)5[to] scatter; fling about6[to] peel off; flake offอยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainแถวๆtăeo-tăeoแถวๆtăeo-tăeo1around; in the vicinity of [somewhere]2about; around [time/number]สถานีรถไฟsà-tăa-nee rót faiสถานีรถไฟsà-tăa-nee rót faitrain station; railway stationทั้งวันtáng wanทั้งวันtáng wanall day; the whole day
He has no steady job, so he drifts around the train station all day.
4VerbB2

[to] pan (for gold)

to wash sediment in a pan to separate out gold or valuable minerals

Examples

ชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)พากันpaa ganพากันpaa gantogether; all; en masseไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ร่อนทองrôn tongร่อนทองrôn tong[to] pan for goldที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotลำธารlam taanลำธารlam taanstream; brookหลังlăngหลังlăng1back (of body)2behind; at the back of3after; later than4roof (of a house)5CL: building; house; structure6rear; back (part)ฝนตกfŏn dtòkฝนตกfŏn dtòkit is raining; [to] rain
Villagers went to pan for gold in the stream after the rain.
5VerbB2

[to] scatter; fling about

to throw or spread [sth] so it disperses over an area; to scatter widely

Examples

ชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)ร่อนrônร่อนrôn1[to] glide; soar; drift2[to] sift; sieve3[to] wander; drift around4[to] pan (for gold)5[to] scatter; fling about6[to] peel off; flake offเมล็ดข้าวmá-lét kâaoเมล็ดข้าวmá-lét kâao1rice grain (unit)2rice seed (for planting)ลงบนlong bonลงบนlong bononto; upon (onto a surface)พื้นpéunพื้นpéun1floor2ground; base surface; bottom3basis; level; background (figurative)4background (color/pattern)นาnaaนาnaa1paddy field; rice field2classifier: rice fields; paddy fieldsให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitกระจายgrà-jaaiกระจายgrà-jaai1[to] spread; disperse; scatter2be distributed; be disseminated3broadcast; disseminate (information)4scattered; spread out; dispersedทั่วtûuaทั่วtûua1all over; everywhere2throughout; entireแปลงbplaengแปลงbplaeng1[to] transform; convert; modify; adapt2plot; parcel (of land); garden bed3classifier: plots/sections (of land, garden beds)เพื่อให้pêuua hâiเพื่อให้pêuua hâiso that; in order thatไก่gàiไก่gài1chicken (animal)2chicken (meat)3naive/green (slang)4chicken (Thai letter name)มากินmaa ginมากินmaa gin1come to eat (future/intent)2[to] come eat
The villagers scattered rice grains across the field so that the chickens would come to eat.
6VerbB2

[to] peel off; flake off

to come off or detach from a surface in layers or flakes (e.g., paint, plaster, or coating)

Related Words

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ถลาtà-lăaถลาtà-lăa1[to] swoop; glide down; rush downhill2[to] rush; lunge; bolt forward3[to] skid; slide (out of control)
  • [to] swoop; glide down; rush downhill
  • [to] rush; lunge; bolt forward
  • [to] skid; slide (out of control)
เร่ร่อนrây rônเร่ร่อนrây rôn1[to] wander; roam (without a fixed home)2homeless; itinerant
  • [to] wander; roam (without a fixed home)
  • homeless; itinerant
พเนจรpá-nay-jonพเนจรpá-nay-jon1nomadic; homeless; itinerant2[to] wander; [to] roam
  • nomadic; homeless; itinerant
  • [to] wander; [to] roam
เหินhĕrnเหินhĕrn1[to] glide; skim (through the air)2[to] soar; hover aloft3aloof; distant (figurative)
  • [to] glide; skim (through the air)
  • [to] soar; hover aloft
  • aloof; distant (figurative)
กระเทาะgrà-tóกระเทาะgrà-tó1[to] chip; knock off2[to] shell; husk3[to] crack open
  • [to] chip; knock off
  • [to] shell; husk
  • [to] crack open