เวิ้งว้าง(wéng wáang)

Meanings

1AdjectiveB2

vast and empty

Wide, open, and empty in a way that feels desolate or lonely (used for spaces like sea, sky, desert).

Examples

เรือreuuaเรือreuua1boat; ship; vessel2classifier for boats/shipsเล็กlékเล็กlék1small; little2younger; junior3minor; slightแล่นlâenแล่นlâen1[to] sail; move swiftly (through water/air)2[to] run; operate (engine/vehicle); sail3[to] speed off; dashไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)กลางglaangกลางglaang1middle; center2middle; central3in the middle; in the center4amid; in the midst of; mid-ทะเลtá-layทะเลtá-lay1sea2seaside; the beachที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotเวิ้งว้างwéng wáangเวิ้งว้างwéng wáang1vast and empty2feeling of emptinessไม่มีmâi meeไม่มีmâi mee1to not have; lack2there is/are not; does/do not exist3[reply] we don't have it; out of stockเกาะgòrเกาะgòr1island2[to] cling; [to] hold on3[to] stick; [to] adhere4[to] dock; [to] come alongside (by boat)หรือrĕuหรือrĕu1or (choice/alternative)2or?; really? (question/finality particle)3otherwise; or else (formal)เรือreuuaเรือreuua1boat; ship; vessel2classifier for boats/shipsลำlamลำlam1classifier: beams/rays of light; laser2shaft; trunk; stalk; hull/body (of boat or instrument)3beam; ray (of light)4channel; pipeline (figurative/technical)5classifier: boats; ships; aircraft; rockets; some musical instrumentsอื่นèunอื่นèun1other; different; else2else; otherwise (as a modifying element)3others; other people/thingsให้เห็นhâi hĕnให้เห็นhâi hĕn[to] show; [to] make [sth] visible; [to] let [sb] seeเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)
A small boat sailed into the wide, empty sea, with no islands or other boats in sight.
2AdjectiveB2

feeling of emptiness

Feeling lonely or adrift, as if surrounded by a vast empty space (figurative).

Examples

ตั้งแต่dtâng dtàeตั้งแต่dtâng dtàe1from; since (starting point)2from X to Yย้ายyáaiย้ายyáai1[to] move; relocate2[to] transfer (jobs; schools; departments)3[to] move houseเมืองmeuuangเมืองmeuuang1country; state (literary/archaic)2region; realm (historical)3city; town; urban areaมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)รู้สึกrúu-sèukรู้สึกrúu-sèuk1[to] feel; sense2[to] feel (linking verb use)3[to] feel that…; think (impression/opinion)เวิ้งว้างwéng wáangเวิ้งว้างwéng wáang1vast and empty2feeling of emptinessเหมือนmĕuuanเหมือนmĕuuan1similar; alike2like; as3as if; as thoughไม่มีmâi meeไม่มีmâi mee1to not have; lack2there is/are not; does/do not exist3[reply] we don't have it; out of stockใครkraiใครkrai1who2anyone; whoeverให้hâiให้hâi1[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; permitคุยด้วยkui dûuaiคุยด้วยkui dûuai[to] talk with [sb]
Since moving to a new city, I feel adrift, like there's no one to talk to.

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