หวนคืน

hŭuan keun

Meanings

1NounB1

[to] return; come back (literary/formal)

to return or come back to a former place, condition, or state, often with a nostalgic or restorative sense; literary or formal tone

Examples

ฤดูหนาวrú-doo năaoฤดูหนาวrú-doo năao1winter; cold season2in winterนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)อยากyàakอยากyàak1[to] want; desire2to crave; to long forหวนคืนhŭuan keunหวนคืนhŭuan keun1[to] return; come back (literary/formal)2[to] recur; resurface (memory/feeling) (literary/formal)บ้านเกิดbâan gèrtบ้านเกิดbâan gèrtbirthplace; hometownสักครั้งsàk krángสักครั้งsàk krángonce; at least once; even once
This winter I want to return to my hometown once more.
2NounB2

[to] recur; resurface (memory/feeling) (literary/formal)

for memories, feelings, or situations to come back or resurface after some time; literary or formal tone

Examples

เมื่อmêuuaเมื่อmêuua1when; at the time that2when (past time marker)ได้กลิ่นdâai glìnได้กลิ่นdâai glìn1[to] smell [sth]; detect a smell2[to] sense/suspect [sth] (figurative)ฝนfŏnฝนfŏn1rain2[to] file; grind; honeแรกrâekแรกrâek1first; earliest; initial2at first; initially3classifier: first time/round/periodภาพpâapภาพpâap1image; picture2scene; view; sight3image (public); reputation4film; movie5vision; mental imageวัยเด็กwai dèkวัยเด็กwai dèkchildhoodก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerหวนคืนมาhŭuan keun maaหวนคืนมาhŭuan keun maa[to] return (of memories/feelings); [to] revertอย่างชัดเจนyàang chát jaynอย่างชัดเจนyàang chát jaynclearly; explicitly
When I smelled the first rain, images of childhood resurfaced vividly.

Related Words

Similar Meaning

หวนกลับhŭuan glàpหวนกลับhŭuan glàp[to] return; come back; happen again (to a previous place, state, or condition)

[to] return; come back; happen again (to a previous place, state, or condition)

กลับคืนglàp keunกลับคืนglàp keun1[to] return; go/come back2[to] restore; give back3back; back again (adverb)
  • [to] return; go/come back
  • [to] restore; give back
  • back; back again (adverb)
ย้อนคืนyón keunย้อนคืนyón keun1[to] revert; return; go back2[to] give back; restore
  • [to] revert; return; go back
  • [to] give back; restore
คัมแบ็กkam bàekคัมแบ็กkam bàek1[to] make a comeback2comeback; return
  • [to] make a comeback
  • comeback; return
ย้อนกลับyón glàpย้อนกลับyón glàp1[to] go back; revert2back; in reverse3back (button/action)
  • [to] go back; revert
  • back; in reverse
  • back (button/action)

Word Breakdown

หวนhŭuanหวนhŭuan1[to] return; come back (poetic/literary)2[to] recall; think back; be rekindledPart 1
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คืนkeunคืนkeun1nighttime; night2[to] return [sth]; give back3[to] refund; reimburse4per (night) [prefix use]Part 2
หวนคืนhŭuan keunหวนคืนhŭuan keun[to] return; come back (literary/formal)