สวน

sŭuan

Meanings

1NounA2

garden; orchard; park

An area of land for growing plants, flowers, or trees; can also refer to an orchard or a public park depending on context.

Examples

บ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: houses/buildings (residences)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoสวนsŭuanสวนsŭuan1[to] oppose; contradict; go against2[to] move against; counter (direction)3classifier: gardens/orchards/plantations4garden; orchard; parkเล็กๆlék lékเล็กๆlék lék1small; little; tiny (softened by reduplication)2slightly; a littleปลูกbplòokปลูกbplòok1[to] plant; grow (plants)2[to] build (a house); erect; set up (structure)3[to] instill; cultivate (values/habits)ดอกไม้dòk máaiดอกไม้dòk máaiflower; flowersกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)ผักpàkผักpàk1CL: bunch; bundle (regional/dialectal)2vegetable(s)อยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remain
My house has a small garden where we grow flowers and vegetables.
2ClassifierB1

classifier: gardens/orchards/plantations

A classifier used for gardens, orchards, plantations, and similar cultivated plots of land.

Examples

ที่บ้านtêe bâanที่บ้านtêe bâan1at home; at one’s residence2one’s family; people at homeฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoสวนsŭuanสวนsŭuan1[to] oppose; contradict; go against2[to] move against; counter (direction)3classifier: gardens/orchards/plantations4garden; orchard; parkลำไยlam yaiลำไยlam yai1longan (fruit)2longan tree3annoying; bothersome (slang)สองsŏngสองsŏng1two; 22secondสวนsŭuanสวนsŭuan1[to] oppose; contradict; go against2[to] move against; counter (direction)3classifier: gardens/orchards/plantations4garden; orchard; parkและláeและláeand (coordinating)สวนsŭuanสวนsŭuan1[to] oppose; contradict; go against2[to] move against; counter (direction)3classifier: gardens/orchards/plantations4garden; orchard; parkมะม่วงmá-mûuangมะม่วงmá-mûuang1mango (fruit)2mango treeหนึ่งnèungหนึ่งnèung1one (number)2a; one (single)3certain; particular4first; top; foremost5one (with classifier)สวนsŭuanสวนsŭuan1[to] oppose; contradict; go against2[to] move against; counter (direction)3classifier: gardens/orchards/plantations4garden; orchard; park
My family has two longan orchards and one mango orchard.
3NounB2

[to] oppose; contradict; go against

To act, speak, or move in opposition to something; to contradict or run counter to.

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillพูดpôotพูดpôot1[to] speak; talk2[to] say; speak3[to] tell; talk aboutสวนsŭuanสวนsŭuan1[to] oppose; contradict; go against2[to] move against; counter (direction)3classifier: gardens/orchards/plantations4garden; orchard; parkกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)ข้อเท็จจริงkôr tét jingข้อเท็จจริงkôr tét jing1fact; objective truth2facts of the case; findingsทำให้tam hâiทำให้tam hâi1[to] make; cause [sb/sth] to [do/be sth]; render2[to] do/make [sth] for [sb]ที่ประชุมtêe bprà-chumที่ประชุมtêe bprà-chum1meeting; conference (event)2the assembly; the body3meeting venue/roomเงียบngîiapเงียบngîiap1quiet; silent2quiet (place/time)3[to] be quiet; fall silent4[to] go silent; ghost [sb] (colloq.)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ชั่วขณะchûua kà-nàชั่วขณะchûua kà-nà1[for] a moment2a moment; a short while
He spoke in contradiction to the facts, making the meeting fall silent for a moment.
4NounB2

[to] move against; counter (direction)

To move in the opposite direction of something (e.g., traffic, current).

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillขี่จักรยานkèe jàk-grà-yaanขี่จักรยานkèe jàk-grà-yaan[to] ride a bicycleสวนกระแสsŭuan grà-săeสวนกระแสsŭuan grà-săe[to] go against the trendรถrótรถrót1vehicle (general)2car; automobile3train (only in compounds)4classifier: vehiclesเล็กน้อยlék nóiเล็กน้อยlék nói1minor; slight; trivial2a small amount3a little; slightlyเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofเลี่ยงlîangเลี่ยงlîang1[to] avoid; dodge2[to] evade (rules/responsibility)3[to] avoid; go around (detour)หลุมlǔmหลุมlǔm1hole; pit2dent; depression3socket; socket-like cavity4grave pit
He rode his bicycle slightly against the flow of traffic to avoid a pothole.

Related Words

Similar Meaning

ขัดkàtขัดkàt1[to] feel awkward; be ill at ease2[to] scrub; scour3abrasive; scratchy4[to] obstruct; block5[to] polish; buff6[to] oppose; contradict
  • [to] feel awkward; be ill at ease
  • [to] scrub; scour
  • abrasive; scratchy
  • [to] obstruct; block
  • [to] polish; buff
  • [to] oppose; contradict
ย้อนyónย้อนyón1[to] turn/go back; reverse; rewind2[to] look back; recall; refer back (to the past)3retro-; back- (prefixal use)
  • [to] turn/go back; reverse; rewind
  • [to] look back; recall; refer back (to the past)
  • retro-; back- (prefixal use)
ทวนtuanทวนtuan1[to] review; go over2lance; spear; polearm3counter-; anti- (in compounds)4[to] go against (flow/wind); go upstream
  • [to] review; go over
  • lance; spear; polearm
  • counter-; anti- (in compounds)
  • [to] go against (flow/wind); go upstream
ค้านkáanค้านkáan1[to] contradict; gainsay2[to] oppose; object
  • [to] contradict; gainsay
  • [to] oppose; object
ตอกdtòkตอกdtòk1[to] hammer; [to] drive in2[to] stamp; [to] punch (a ticket/document)3[to] retort; [to] snap back4rattan/bamboo strip
  • [to] hammer; [to] drive in
  • [to] stamp; [to] punch (a ticket/document)
  • [to] retort; [to] snap back
  • rattan/bamboo strip