หวอหอน
wŏr hŏn
Meanings
1NounB2
wailing, siren-like sound
A long, rising-and-falling wail like a siren or howl; onomatopoeic.
Examples
กลางดึกglaang dèukกลางดึกglaang dèuk1the middle of the night2late at night; in the small hoursได้ยินdâi-yinได้ยินdâi-yin1[to] hear2[to] hear of; be told; learn (by hearing)เสียงsĭiangเสียงsĭiang1sound; noise2voice3vote4tone; timbre5phonetic toneไซเรนหวอหอนsai-ren wŏr hŏnไซเรนหวอหอนsai-ren wŏr hŏnwailing sirenยาวyaaoยาวyaao1long (length)2long (duration)3[to] lengthen; grow longผ่านpàanผ่านpàan1[to] pass (by/through)2[to] pass (succeed/clear)3past; via; through4[to] experience; go throughหน้าบ้านnâa bâanหน้าบ้านnâa bâan1front of the house; frontage2public-facing front; facade (figurative)ทำให้tam hâiทำให้tam hâi1[to] make; cause [sb/sth] to [do/be sth]; render2[to] do/make [sth] for [sb]คนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleทั้งtángทั้งtáng1whole; entire2all3both4altogether; entirely5even; as many/much asซอยsoiซอยsoi1lane; small street2[to] finely slice; shred3classifier for lanes/alleysตื่นdtèuunตื่นdtèuun1[to] be startled; alarmed; overexcited (about)2be awake; stay awake3[to] wake up; awaken
In the middle of the night, a long wailing siren passed in front of the house, waking the whole alley.
2NounB2
[to] wail/howl like a siren
[to] make a long, rising-and-falling, siren-like wail; to howl with a wavering pitch.
Examples
เมื่อคืนmêuua keunเมื่อคืนmêuua keun1last night (the night before today)2last nightลมlomลมlom1wind2breeze; draft3air (breath); life-force (traditional)4nonsense; empty talk (fig.)5gas; flatulenceพัดpátพัดpát1[to] blow; [to] fan2[to] be blown/waft3fan (device)4classifier: fansแรงraengแรงraeng1strong; intense; severe2force; strength; power3hard; strongly (adverbial use)จนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofสุนัขsù-nákสุนัขsù-nákdog (formal)แถวบ้านtăeo bâanแถวบ้านtăeo bâanneighborhood; local areaหวอหอนwŏr hŏnหวอหอนwŏr hŏn1wailing, siren-like sound2[to] wail/howl like a sirenทั้งคืนtáng keunทั้งคืนtáng keun1all night; the whole night2the entire night
Last night the wind was strong, and the neighborhood dogs howled with a siren-like wail all night.
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หวอหอนwŏr hŏnหวอหอนwŏr hŏnwailing, siren-like sound