วาดฝัน(wâat făn)
Meanings
1VerbB2
[to] envision; dream up (future hopes)
to imagine and shape hopeful plans or ideals for the future; to picture one’s aspirations
Examples
ตอนเด็กๆdton dèk-dèkตอนเด็กๆdton dèk-dèk1when (one) was a child; in childhood2one’s childhood period (noun phrase use)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)วาดฝันwâat fănวาดฝันwâat făn1[to] envision; dream up (future hopes)2[to] idealize; romanticize (often unrealistically)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeโตขึ้นdtoo kûenโตขึ้นdtoo kûen1[to] grow up; become more mature2[to] get bigger; increase in size/scaleอยากyàakอยากyàak1[to] want; desire2to crave; to long forเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsนักบินอวกาศnák bin à-wá-gàatนักบินอวกาศnák bin à-wá-gàatastronaut; cosmonaut
When I was young, I dreamed of becoming an astronaut when I grew up.
2VerbC1
[to] idealize; romanticize (often unrealistically)
to imagine something in an overly optimistic or unrealistic way, as if painting a perfect future
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเอาแต่ao dtàeเอาแต่ao dtàe1only; nothing but2self-willed; selfish (in compounds)วาดฝันwâat fănวาดฝันwâat făn1[to] envision; dream up (future hopes)2[to] idealize; romanticize (often unrealistically)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ถูกลอตเตอรี่tòok lót-dter-rêeถูกลอตเตอรี่tòok lót-dter-rêe[to] win the lotteryรางวัลที่หนึ่งraang-wan têe nèungรางวัลที่หนึ่งraang-wan têe nèungfirst prizeโดยdoiโดยdoi1by (transport/communication)2in a ... way; -ly3by (passive marker in formal style)4by; via; throughไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ยอมyomยอมyom1[to] agree; consent2[to] allow; permit3[to] yield; give in; submit4[to] admit (acknowledge)ทำงานtam ngaanทำงานtam ngaan1[to] work; do one's job; be on duty2[to] function; operateทำการtam gaanทำการtam gaan1[to] carry out; conduct; perform; execute2[to] operate; be in operation; be open (for business)
He just keeps fantasizing that he'll win the first prize lottery, while refusing to do any work.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
ฝันเฟื่องfăn fêuuangฝันเฟื่องfăn fêuuang1[to] fantasize unrealistically; [to] daydream2unrealistic; fanciful; overly idealistic
- [to] fantasize unrealistically; [to] daydream
- unrealistic; fanciful; overly idealistic
เพ้อฝันpóe fănเพ้อฝันpóe făn1dreamy; unrealistic; fanciful2[to] daydream; indulge in fantasies
- dreamy; unrealistic; fanciful
- [to] daydream; indulge in fantasies
นึกฝันnéuk fănนึกฝันnéuk făn[to] imagine; [to] conceive of
[to] imagine; [to] conceive of
คาดฝันkâat fănคาดฝันkâat făn[to] imagine; anticipate; envisage (often idealized or unlikely)
[to] imagine; anticipate; envisage (often idealized or unlikely)
ฝันใฝ่făn fàiฝันใฝ่făn fài[to] dream of [sth]; [to] aspire to [sth]
[to] dream of [sth]; [to] aspire to [sth]
Word Breakdown
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วาดฝันwâat fănวาดฝันwâat făn[to] envision; dream up (future hopes)