หวั่นไหว(wàn wăi)
Meanings
1AdjectiveB2
anxious; shaken; wavering (emotion/resolve)
Emotionally unsettled or easily affected; shaky in confidence or resolve; prone to waver under fear or doubt.
Examples
พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyได้ยินdâi-yinได้ยินdâi-yin1[to] hear2[to] hear of; be told; learn (by hearing)คำวิจารณ์kam wí-jaanคำวิจารณ์kam wí-jaan1criticism; critical remark(s)2review; critiqueแรงๆraeng raengแรงๆraeng raeng1forcefully; hard; intensely; loudly2very strong; intense; harsh; potentเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerเริ่มrêrmเริ่มrêrm1[to] start; begin2[to] start to; begin toหวั่นไหวwàn wăiหวั่นไหวwàn wăi1anxious; shaken; wavering (emotion/resolve)2[to] waver; be shakenไม่มั่นใจmâi mân jaiไม่มั่นใจmâi mân jainot confident; unsure; uncertainในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ผลงานpŏn ngaanผลงานpŏn ngaan1work; output; result2achievementของตัวเองkŏng dtuua ayngของตัวเองkŏng dtuua ayngone's own
After hearing harsh criticism, he started to waver, losing confidence in his own work.
2VerbB2
[to] waver; be shaken
To waver or be shaken, literally or figuratively, often due to fear, uncertainty, or strong emotion.
Examples
ได้ยินdâi-yinได้ยินdâi-yin1[to] hear2[to] hear of; be told; learn (by hearing)เสียงsĭiangเสียงsĭiang1sound; noise2voice3vote4tone; timbre5phonetic toneระเบิดrà-bèrtระเบิดrà-bèrt1[to] erupt; [to] flare up2explosive (adj.)3[to] explode; [to] detonate4[to] burst; [to] shatter5bomb; explosiveไกลglaiไกลglai1far; distant2far (in time/relationship); distant3far; to a distant placeๆ-แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)ใจjaiใจjai1heart; mind; feelings; spirit2kindness; compassion; generosity3courage; spirit; morale4intention; will; willingness5core; essence (in compounds)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เริ่มrêrmเริ่มrêrm1[to] start; begin2[to] start to; begin toหวั่นไหวwàn wăiหวั่นไหวwàn wăi1anxious; shaken; wavering (emotion/resolve)2[to] waver; be shakenแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerพยายามpà-yaa-yaamพยายามpà-yaa-yaam[to] try; attemptตั้งสติdtâng sà-dtìตั้งสติdtâng sà-dtì[to] compose oneself; regain one's presence of mindเดินdernเดินdern1[to] walk; go on foot2[to] run; operate (machine/system)3[to] proceed; go; move along4[to] start; initiate (process/plan)ต่อไปdtòr bpaiต่อไปdtòr bpai1on; further (continue doing sth)2next; following (in order)3from now on; henceforth4next; subsequent
Hearing distant explosions, my heart began to waver, but I tried to stay calm and keep walking.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
ไหวเอนwăi aynไหวเอนwăi ayn1[to] sway; lean gently2[to] waver; be swayed (figurative)
- [to] sway; lean gently
- [to] waver; be swayed (figurative)
ไขว้เขวkwâi kwăyไขว้เขวkwâi kwăydistracted; confused; unsettled; wavering
distracted; confused; unsettled; wavering
โอนเอนohn enโอนเอนohn en1unsteady; easily swayed2[to] sway; rock; wobble
- unsteady; easily swayed
- [to] sway; rock; wobble
สั่นคลอนsàn klonสั่นคลอนsàn klon1unstable; shaky; precarious2[to] undermine; shake; destabilize3unstable; shaky (physical)4precarious; unstable (abstract)
- unstable; shaky; precarious
- [to] undermine; shake; destabilize
- unstable; shaky (physical)
- precarious; unstable (abstract)
กังวลgang-wonกังวลgang-won1worried; anxious2[to] worry; be anxious (about)
- worried; anxious
- [to] worry; be anxious (about)
Word Breakdown
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หวั่นไหวwàn wăiหวั่นไหวwàn wăianxious; shaken; wavering (emotion/resolve)