สืบย้อน

sèup-yón

Meanings

1NounB2

[to] trace back; backtrack; retrace

To investigate by moving backward through time, evidence, or steps in order to find an origin, cause, or source.

Examples

ตำรวจdtam-rùuatตำรวจdtam-rùuatpolice; police officerกำลังgam-langกำลังgam-lang1power; strength2power; force (physics)3troops; forces4currently; in the middle ofสืบย้อนsèup-yónสืบย้อนsèup-yón1[to] trace back; backtrack; retrace2[to] retrace a route/stepsหาhăaหาhăa1[to] look for; search for2[to] find (after searching)3[to] get; procure4[to] earn (money); make a living5[to] visit; go see6[to] call for; ask for; contact (by phone)ต้นตอdtôn dtorต้นตอdtôn dtor1origin; root cause2root; base (botanical, lit.)ของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsธนบัตรtá-ná-bàtธนบัตรtá-ná-bàt1banknote; bill2classifier: ใบปลอมbplomปลอมbplom1fake; counterfeit2to forge; counterfeit; falsify3[to] impersonate; pose asที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotระบาดrá-bàatระบาดrá-bàat1[to] spread widely (disease/outbreak)2[to] spread widely (non-disease: rumor/fad/problem)อยู่ในyòo naiอยู่ในyòo nai[to] be in [somewhere]ขณะนี้kà-nà néeขณะนี้kà-nà néenow; at this moment
The police are tracing back to find the source of the counterfeit banknotes that are currently circulating.
2NounB2

[to] retrace a route/steps

To go back along a path, sequence, or procedure previously taken to check, verify, or reconstruct what happened.

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightลองlongลองlong1[to] try; attempt2trial; test (attempt) [rare as standalone]สืบย้อนsèup-yónสืบย้อนsèup-yón1[to] trace back; backtrack; retrace2[to] retrace a route/stepsทางtaangทางtaang1direction; side2method; means; manner3classifier: roads/routes/ways4side/party (institutional)5by; via; through (means or channel)6way; route; road; pathที่เดินtêe dernที่เดินtêe dern1walkway; path; aisle2space to walkมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofหาhăaหาhăa1[to] look for; search for2[to] find (after searching)3[to] get; procure4[to] earn (money); make a living5[to] visit; go see6[to] call for; ask for; contact (by phone)กุญแจgun-jaeกุญแจgun-jae1key (for a lock)2key; crucial factor3answer key; key (solutions)4key (music)ที่ทำtêe tamที่ทำtêe tamthat/which (someone) did/madeหายhăaiหายhăai1[to] disappear; be gone2be missing; lost3[to] recover; get better4[to] stop; cease (of a symptom/state)
I have to try retracing the path I walked to find my lost keys.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

สืบsèupสืบsèup1[to] investigate; inquire2[to] trace; search for origins3[to] continue; carry onPart 1
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ย้อนyónย้อนyón1[to] turn/go back; reverse; rewind2[to] look back; recall; refer back (to the past)3retro-; back- (prefixal use)Part 2
สืบย้อนsèup-yónสืบย้อนsèup-yón[to] trace back; backtrack; retrace