เผ้า
pâo
Meanings
1NounB2
[to] keep vigil; sit up with [sb] (sick or dead)
to stay awake and keep watch over someone, especially a sick person or the deceased (e.g., at a wake or funeral)
Examples
เมื่อคืนmêuua keunเมื่อคืนmêuua keun1last night (the night before today)2last nightฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เฝ้าfâoเฝ้าfâo1[to] watch over; guard; keep; monitor2[to] attend; sit by; keep vigil3[to] await; watch forยายyaaiยายyaai1grandmother (maternal)2old woman (informal; can be rude)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotโรงพยาบาลrohng-pá-yaa-baanโรงพยาบาลrohng-pá-yaa-baanhospitalเพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingแกgaeแกgae1you (familiar)2he; she (familiar)3old person; elder (colloquial, can be rude)4you (spouse/intimate, dialectal)นอนnonนอนnon1[to] sleep2[to] lie down; recline3reclining; lying downไม่ได้mâi dâaiไม่ได้mâi dâai1cannot; not allowed; impossible2did not3[to] fail to get/receive [sth]4unacceptable; not allowed (won’t do)5No way!; absolutely not6not really/actually (corrective)
Last night I stayed awake to keep watch over my grandmother at the hospital because she couldn't sleep.