หวือ
wĕuu
Meanings
1InterjectionB1
[!] whoosh!; swoosh!
an exclamation imitating a rushing or whooshing sound
Examples
เครื่องบินkrêuuang binเครื่องบินkrêuuang binairplane; aeroplane; plane (fixed-wing aircraft)บินbinบินbin1[to] fly2[to] fly (by air travel)ผ่านไปpàan bpaiผ่านไปpàan bpai1[to] pass by; go past2[to] elapse; go by (time)3[to] be over; pass; move on (figurative)เร็วreoเร็วreo1fast; quick (speed/time)2premature; too soon3quickly; fastมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatlyหวือwĕuuหวือwĕuu1whooshing sound; swish2[!] whoosh!; swoosh!3sensational; flashy (colloquial, in หวือหวา only)
The airplane flew by so fast, whoosh!
2NounB2
whooshing sound; swish
a rushing or whooshing sound made by something moving quickly through air
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ได้ยินdâi-yinได้ยินdâi-yin1[to] hear2[to] hear of; be told; learn (by hearing)เสียงsĭiangเสียงsĭiang1sound; noise2voice3vote4tone; timbre5phonetic toneรถแข่งrót kàengรถแข่งrót kàengrace car; racing carขับkàpขับkàp1[to] drive; operate (a vehicle)2[to] expel; drive out; repel3[to] sing; chant (traditional)4[to] excrete; secrete; emitผ่านไปpàan bpaiผ่านไปpàan bpai1[to] pass by; go past2[to] elapse; go by (time)3[to] be over; pass; move on (figurative)ดังdangดังdang1loud2[to] sound; resound3famous; well-known4as; likeหวือwĕuuหวือwĕuu1whooshing sound; swish2[!] whoosh!; swoosh!3sensational; flashy (colloquial, in หวือหวา only)
I heard the whooshing sound of a race car driving past.
3AdjectiveB2
sensational; flashy (colloquial, in หวือหวาหวือหวาwĕuu-wăa1flashy; showy2sensational; dramatic3glamorous; striking only)
used only in the fixed form หวือหวาหวือหวาwĕuu-wăa1flashy; showy2sensational; dramatic3glamorous; striking to describe something showy, sensational, or dramatic
Examples
ชีวิตchee-wítชีวิตchee-wít1life (one’s life; way of living)2lifetime; lifespan3life (state of being alive)ของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsดาราdaa-raaดาราdaa-raa1celebrity; star (entertainment)2star (astronomy) [formal/lit.]คนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)ดูdooดูdoo1consult; get advice from2try; have a go3[to] divine; tell fortune4[to] examine; check; inspect5[to] seem; appear6[to] look; watch; seeหวือหวาwĕuu-wăaหวือหวาwĕuu-wăa1flashy; showy2sensational; dramatic3glamorous; strikingมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatlyมีแต่mee dtàeมีแต่mee dtàe1have only; nothing but2there is/are only; nothing else3do nothing but; only ever [do]4only serves to; merely results inเรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitคนพูดkon pôotคนพูดkon pôotspeaker; the person who speaksถึงtĕungถึงtĕung1to; toward (recipient/goal)2even; so ... that; to the point that3as far as; concerning (formal)4to; until; up to5[to] arrive; reachตลอดเวลาdtà-lòt way-laaตลอดเวลาdtà-lòt way-laaall the time; constantly
That celebrity's life looks very sensational; there's always something for people to talk about.