วังเวง(wang wayng)

Meanings

1AdjectiveB2

desolate; lonely; eerie; forlorn

describing a place or atmosphere that is quiet, empty, and evokes a sense of loneliness or eeriness

Examples

หลังจากlăng jàakหลังจากlăng jàak1after; subsequent to (time)2after; once (clause)ร้านráanร้านráan1shop; store2restaurant; eatery3booth; stallปิดbpìtปิดbpìt1[to] close; shut2[to] turn off; switch off3[to] cover; seal4closed; shut; not open5[to] block; conceal; suppress; withholdถนนtà-nŏnถนนtà-nŏnroad; streetทั้งtángทั้งtáng1whole; entire2all3both4altogether; entirely5even; as many/much asสายดูวังเวงsăai duu wang wayngสายดูวังเวงsăai duu wang wayngbe into eerie/melancholy styleจนได้jon dâiจนได้jon dâi1ended up (resultative, often undesired)2eventually; in the end; after all3There it is; so it happened (after all)ยินyinยินyinliterary form related to “to hear”แค่kâeแค่kâe1only; just2merely; simply (downplaying)3only; just (preposition)เสียงลมพัดsĭiang lom pátเสียงลมพัดsĭiang lom pátsound of the wind
After the shops closed, the whole street felt desolate, and you could hear only the wind.
2AdverbC1

desolately; eerily; forlornly

in a way that feels empty, lonely, or hauntingly quiet

Examples

คืนkeunคืนkeun1nighttime; night2[to] return [sth]; give back3[to] refund; reimburse4per (night) [prefix use]วันอาทิตย์wan aa-títวันอาทิตย์wan aa-títSunday (day of the week)ถนนเงียบtà-nŏn ngîiapถนนเงียบtà-nŏn ngîiapquiet street/road; a street that is quietจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofวังเวงwang wayngวังเวงwang wayng1desolately; eerily; forlornly2desolate; lonely; eerie; forlornเหมือนmĕuuanเหมือนmĕuuan1similar; alike2like; as3as if; as thoughทั้งtángทั้งtáng1whole; entire2all3both4altogether; entirely5even; as many/much asเมืองmeuuangเมืองmeuuang1country; state (literary/archaic)2region; realm (historical)3city; town; urban areaหลับไปlàp bpaiหลับไปlàp bpai[to] fall asleepแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)
On Sunday night the street was so quiet it felt desolate, as if the whole city had gone to sleep.

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