วังเวง
wang-weengMeanings
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 off3closed; shut; not open4[to] cover; seal5[to] block; conceal; suppress; withholdถนนtà-nŏnถนนtà-nŏnroad; streetทั้งtángทั้งtáng1whole; entire2all3both4altogether; entirelyสายดูวังเวงsăai duu wang wayngจนได้jon dâiจนได้jon dâi1ended up (resultative, often undesired)2eventually; in the end; after allยินyinยินyin[to] hear; feel (literary or in compounds)แค่kâeแค่kâe1only; just2up to; as far as; only as much asเสียงลมพัดsĭiang lom pátเสียงลมพัดsĭiang lom pátsound of the wind
After the shops closed, the whole street felt desolate, and you could hear only the wind.
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คืนนี้kʉʉn-níiสถานีรถไฟsà-tǎa-nii-rót-faiเก่าgàoดูduuวังเวงwang-weengมากmâakเพราะprɔ́ไม่มีmâi-miiผู้โดยสารpûu-dooi-sǎanเลยləəi
Tonight the old train station feels eerie, because there are no passengers at all.
เมื่อmêuuaหมอกmòkลงlongหนาnăaทั่วtûuaสุสานsù-săanความkwaamวังเวงwang wayngก็gâwคลืบklêupคลานklaanเข้ามาkâo maaจนjonเราraoไม่mâiกล้าglâaพูดpôotเสียงดังsĭiang dang
When thick fog covered the cemetery, the desolation crept in so much that we didn't dare speak loudly.
อพาร์ตเมนต์à-pâat-meenร้างráangที่tîiปลายbplaaiซอยsɔɔiมีmiiทางเดินtaang-dəənยาวyaaoมืดทึบmʉ̂ʉt-tʉ́pบรรยากาศวังเวงban-yaa-gàat-wang-weengจนjonรู้สึกrúu-sʉ̀kขนลุกkǒn-lúkทุกครั้งที่túk-kráng-tîiต้องdtɔ̂ngผ่านpàan
The abandoned apartment at the end of the alley has a long, dim corridor; the atmosphere is so eerie that I get goosebumps every time I pass.
2AdverbC1
desolately; eerily; forlornly
in a way that feels empty, lonely, or hauntingly quiet
Examples
คืนkʉʉnคืนkʉʉn1nighttime; night2[to] return [sth]; give back3[to] refund; reimburse4back; in return5[to] return; come back (literary)วันอาทิตย์wan-aa-títวันอาทิตย์wan-aa-títSunday (day of the week)ถนนเงียบtà-nǒn-ngîiapถนนเงียบtà-nǒn-ngîiapquiet street/road; a street that is quietจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofวังเวงwang-weengวังเวงwang-weeng1desolate; lonely; eerie; forlorn2desolately; eerily; forlornlyเหมือนmʉ̌ʉanเหมือนmʉ̌ʉan1similar; alike2like; as3as if; as thoughทั้งtángทั้งtáng1whole; entire2all3both4altogether; entirelyเมืองmʉʉangเมืองmʉʉang1city; town; urban area2country; state; nation3region; realm (historical)หลับไปlàp-bpaiหลับไปlàp-bpai[to] fall asleepแล้วlɛ́ɛoแล้วlɛ́ɛo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)
On Sunday night the street was so quiet it felt desolate, as if the whole city had gone to sleep.
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เสียงลมพัดsǐiang-lom-pátผ่านpàanอาคารร้างaa-kaan-ráangทำให้tam-hâiบรรยากาศวังเวงban-yaa-gàat-wang-weengจนjonฉันchǎnไม่mâiกล้าglâaเดินdəənต่อdtɔ̀ɔ
The sound of wind blowing through the abandoned building made the atmosphere hauntingly quiet, so I didn’t dare walk on.
แม้máeจะjàมีไฟmee faiสลัวsà-lŭuaๆ-ตามdtaamทางเดินtaang dernแต่dtàeความเงียบkwaam ngîiapที่têeยาวนานyaao naanก็gâwทำให้tam hâiพื้นที่púen têeนั้นnánวังเวงwang wayngอย่างyàangยากyâakจะjàอธิบายà-tí-baai
Even with dim lights along the corridor, the prolonged silence made the area hauntingly desolate in a way that’s hard to describe.
หลังเที่ยงlǎng-tîiangคืนkʉʉnสวนสาธารณะsǔuan-sǎa-taa-rá-náที่tîiเคยkəəiคึกคักkʉ́k-kákกลับglàpวังเวงwang-weengราวกับraao-gàpถูกtùukกลืนglʉʉnไปbpaiในnaiความว่างเปล่าkwaam-wâang-bplàao
After midnight, the once lively park turned hauntingly quiet, as if swallowed by emptiness.
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How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -ง, a sonorant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
wang
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Low class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
Tone chart
Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.
| Mid class | High class | Low class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No mark + live | Mid | Rising | Mid |
| No mark + dead short | Low | Low | High |
| No mark + dead long | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai ek | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai tho | Falling | Falling | High |
| Mai tri | High | — | — |
| Mai chattawa | Rising | — | — |