ร้าง
ráang
Meanings
1NounB1
abandoned; deserted
left empty and unused for a long time (e.g., a building, village)
Examples
บ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: houses/buildings (residences)หลังlăngหลังlăng1back (of body)2behind; at the back of3after; later than4roof (of a house)5CL: building; house; structure6rear; back (part)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ร้างráangร้างráang1abandoned; deserted2[to] become deserted; be abandoned3desolate; barren4separated (spouses) [formal/lit.]มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerหลายlăaiหลายlăai1many; several2many; numerous (as a pronoun)ปีbpeeปีbpee1year2years old3zodiac year; animal yearไม่มีmâi meeไม่มีmâi mee1to not have; lack2there is/are not; does/do not exist3[reply] we don't have it; out of stockคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleอยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remain
This house has been abandoned for many years; no one lives here.
2NounB2
[to] become deserted; be abandoned
to become or remain empty and without people for a long time; of a place
Examples
สนามกีฬาsà-năam gee-laaสนามกีฬาsà-năam gee-laasports field; stadium; sports complex; athletics trackหลังlăngหลังlăng1back (of body)2behind; at the back of3after; later than4roof (of a house)5CL: building; house; structure6rear; back (part)หมู่บ้านmòo bâanหมู่บ้านmòo bâan1village; hamlet2housing estate; gated communityร้างráangร้างráang1abandoned; deserted2[to] become deserted; be abandoned3desolate; barren4separated (spouses) [formal/lit.]มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerหลายlăaiหลายlăai1many; several2many; numerous (as a pronoun)ปีbpeeปีbpee1year2years old3zodiac year; animal yearไม่มีmâi meeไม่มีmâi mee1to not have; lack2there is/are not; does/do not exist3[reply] we don't have it; out of stockคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ใช้งานchái ngaanใช้งานchái ngaan1[to] use; make use of2[to] operate; run (a device/system)3[to] put (a person/animal) to work
The stadium behind the village has been deserted for years, with no one using it.
3NounB2
desolate; barren
bleak and empty, lacking life or activity; can describe land or atmosphere
Examples
พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyรถไฟเลิกrót-fai lêrkผ่านpàanผ่านpàan1[to] pass (by/through)2[to] pass (succeed/clear)3past; via; through4[to] experience; go throughสถานีsà-tăa-neeสถานีsà-tăa-nee1service station/base2broadcasting station3transport stationก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerดูdooดูdoo1consult; get advice from2try; have a go3[to] divine; tell fortune4[to] examine; check; inspect5[to] seem; appear6[to] look; watch; seeร้างráangร้างráang1abandoned; deserted2[to] become deserted; be abandoned3desolate; barren4separated (spouses) [formal/lit.]เงียบngîiapเงียบngîiap1quiet; silent2quiet (place/time)3[to] be quiet; fall silent4[to] go silent; ghost [sb] (colloq.)จนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofได้ยินdâi-yinได้ยินdâi-yin1[to] hear2[to] hear of; be told; learn (by hearing)เสียงลมsĭiang lomเสียงลมsĭiang lomsound of wind; wind noise
Once trains stopped passing, the station looked bleak and empty, so quiet you could hear the wind.
4NounC1
separated (spouses) [formal/lit.]
of spouses, to live apart or be estranged (literary/formal usage)
Examples
หลังlăngหลังlăng1back (of body)2behind; at the back of3after; later than4roof (of a house)5CL: building; house; structure6rear; back (part)ทะเลาะกันtá-ló ganทะเลาะกันtá-ló gan[to] argue; quarrel (with each other)หนักnàkหนักnàk1heavy (weight)2difficult; tough (mentally/physically demanding)3heavily; severely; intensely4serious; severeเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)ภรรยาpan-rá-yaaภรรยาpan-rá-yaawife (formal/neutral)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerร้างráangร้างráang1abandoned; deserted2[to] become deserted; be abandoned3desolate; barren4separated (spouses) [formal/lit.]กันganกันgan1each other; one another (post-verb marker)2[to] prevent; keep [sth] out; ward off; block3classifier: panel; partition; screen (rare)4together; together with5protective; preventive (modifier)6I; me (informal, male speech)อยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainคนละkon-láคนละkon-lá1each; per2apiece; each (distribution marker)3separate; different (for each)บ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: houses/buildings (residences)
After a serious quarrel, he and his wife lived apart in separate homes.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
ทิ้งร้างtîng ráangทิ้งร้างtîng ráang1[to] abandon [a place]; leave [it] deserted2[to] neglect/stop doing [sth] for a long time3abandoned; derelict (of places/buildings)
- [to] abandon [a place]; leave [it] deserted
- [to] neglect/stop doing [sth] for a long time
- abandoned; derelict (of places/buildings)
รกร้างrók ráangรกร้างrók ráang1deserted; abandoned (place)2overgrown; neglected (land)
- deserted; abandoned (place)
- overgrown; neglected (land)
อ้างว้างâang wáangอ้างว้างâang wáang1lonely; forlorn; isolated2desolate; bleak; vast and empty
- lonely; forlorn; isolated
- desolate; bleak; vast and empty
แยกกันอยู่yâek gan yòoแยกกันอยู่yâek gan yòo[to] be separated (of a couple)
[to] be separated (of a couple)
ถูกทิ้งร้างtòok tíng ráangถูกทิ้งร้างtòok tíng ráangabandoned; derelict; deserted
abandoned; derelict; deserted