หาชม(hăa chom)
Meanings
1VerbB1
[to] look for [sth] to see/admire
To search for something with the intention of seeing, watching, or admiring it.
Examples
พรุ่งนี้prûng-néeพรุ่งนี้prûng-née1tomorrow (the day after today)2tomorrow; on the day after todayฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ไปหาbpai hăaไปหาbpai hăa1[to] go see [sb]; [to] visit [sb]2[to] go look for [sb/sth]; [to] seek [sth]ชมchomชมchom1[to] praise; compliment2[to] admire; take in (a view)3[to] watch; view (a show/broadcast)4[to] visit and view; tourดอกบัวdòk buuaดอกบัวdòk buualotus flower/blossomที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)สระsàสระsà1vowel (Thai)2pond; pool3[to] wash hair; shampoo
Tomorrow I will go look at the lotus flowers in the pond.
2AdjectiveB2
rare; hard to see; seldom seen (for viewing)
Rare or difficult to come across for viewing; scarcely seen; typically used in the pattern หาชมยาก/หาชมได้ยาก.
Examples
รถยนต์rót yonรถยนต์rót yon1car; automobile2motor vehicle (general)รุ่นเก่าrûn gàoรุ่นเก่าrûn gào1older model; previous version2older-generation (model/version)3old‑school; traditionalแบบนี้bàep néeแบบนี้bàep née1like this; in this way2this kind/type (modifier)3this kind (standalone)หาชมhăa chomหาชมhăa chom1[to] look for [sth] to see/admire2rare; hard to see; seldom seen (for viewing)ได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedยากyâakยากyâak1unlikely; hardly2poor; impoverished (dated/formal)3difficult; hardแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)ในปัจจุบันnai bpàt-jù-banในปัจจุบันnai bpàt-jù-bancurrently; nowadays
This type of old car is hard to find and see nowadays.
Word Breakdown
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หาชมhăa chomหาชมhăa chom[to] look for [sth] to see/admire