ส่งกลิ่น(sòng glìn)
Meanings
1VerbA2
[to] emit a smell
to give off or produce a smell or odor (often unpleasant, but not necessarily)
Examples
ดอกมะลิdòk má-líดอกมะลิdòk má-líjasmine flowerส่งsòngส่งsòng1[to] send; dispatch2[to] submit; hand in; turn in3[to] drop off; deliver (someone/something)4[to] pass (to); feed (a ball)5[to] escort; see off6[to] emit; transmit; send outกลิ่นหอมglìn hŏmกลิ่นหอมglìn hŏmpleasant smell; fragrance
The jasmine flowers smell fragrant.
2VerbB1
[fig.] [to] seem suspicious; arouse suspicion
to show signs that something is suspicious or scandalous; to 'smell fishy'
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillบอกว่าbòk wâaบอกว่าbòk wâa1[to] say/tell that; report/declare that2[of text/sign] say/indicate thatป่วยbpùaiป่วยbpùai1sick; ill; unwell2[to] be ill; fall sick3be troubled (formal/lit.)แต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เห็นhĕnเห็นhĕn1[to] see2[to] notice; [to] realize; [to] find (that)3[to] think; [to] be of the opinion4[to] consider; [to] regard asเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)เดินห้างdern hâangเดินห้างdern hâang[to] go to the mallเรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)มันmanมันman1it (thing/animal)2he/she (colloquial, impolite)3greasy; oily; fatty4starchy tuber (yam, taro, etc.)5oil/fat (substance)6creamy; rich (texture/taste)7fun; thrilling; highly entertainingส่งกลิ่นsòng glìnส่งกลิ่นsòng glìn1[to] emit a smell2[fig.] [to] seem suspicious; arouse suspicionแปลกๆbplàek bplàekแปลกๆbplàek bplàek1somewhat strange; kind of odd2weird/off; suspicious (colloquial)3oddly; in a strange way
He said he was sick, but I saw him at the mall. This smells a bit fishy.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
มีกลิ่นmee glìnมีกลิ่นmee glìn[to] have a smell; [to] give off an odor
[to] have a smell; [to] give off an odor
ส่อพิรุธsò pí-rútส่อพิรุธsò pí-rút[to] arouse suspicion; show telltale signs
[to] arouse suspicion; show telltale signs
โชยกลิ่นchoy glìnโชยกลิ่นchoy glìn[to] give off a scent; [to] waft
[to] give off a scent; [to] waft
มีพิรุธmee pí-rútมีพิรุธmee pí-rútsuspicious; shady
suspicious; shady
Word Breakdown
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ส่งกลิ่นsòng glìnส่งกลิ่นsòng glìn[to] emit a smell