เสน่หา
sà-này-hăaMeanings
1NounB2
romantic desire; passionate love
Romantic or erotic desire; passionate love, often with a poetic or formal tone.
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillยอมyomยอมyom1[to] agree; consent2[to] allow; permit3[to] yield; give in; submit4[to] admit (acknowledge)เปลี่ยนbplìianเปลี่ยนbplìian1[to] change; become different2[to] switch; replace; exchangeแผนpăenแผนpăen1plan; strategy2scheme; plotชีวิตchee-wítชีวิตchee-wít1life (state of being alive)2life (one’s life; way of living)3lifetime; lifespanเพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingเสน่หาsà-này-hăaเสน่หาsà-này-hăa1romantic desire; passionate love2[to] feel romantic love for [sb] (literary)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoต่อdtòต่อdtò1[to] continue; go on2per; each (rate/unit)3[to] connect; attach; join4[to] bargain; haggle5to; toward (target of an action or attitude)6[to] renew; extendหญิงyĭngหญิงyĭng1woman; female (person)2female; feminine3princess (familiar form of address)คนรักkon rákคนรักkon ráklover; sweetheart; romantic partner
He changed his life plan because of the passionate love he had for his beloved.
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ในnaiจดหมายjòt măaiเขาkăoเขียนkĭianถึงtĕungเสน่หาsà-này-hăaที่têeไม่อาจmâi àatดับลงdàp longแม้máeผ่านpàanกาลเวลาgaan way-laa
In the letter, he wrote of a desire that could not fade even with time.
บทกวีbòt gà-weeบรรยายban-yaaiเสน่หาsà-này-hăaที่têeร้อนแรงrón raengจนjonหัวใจhŭua jaiแทบtâepหลอมละลายlŏm lá-laai
The poem describes a fiery passion that nearly melts the heart.
ละครlá-konสะท้อนsà-tónเสน่หาsà-này-hăaที่têeซ่อนเร้นsôn rénระหว่างrá-wàangหน้าที่nâa têeกับgàpแรงraengปรารถนาbpràat-tà-năa
The drama reflects a concealed passionate love, caught between duty and desire.
2VerbC1
[to] feel romantic love for [sb] (literary)
To love someone romantically or feel a strong desire for them, especially in literary language.
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillยังyangยังyang1still; continuing2not yet (with ไม่)3yet? (question use)4still/even (emphatic degree)5to; towardเสน่หาsà-này-hăaเสน่หาsà-này-hăa1romantic desire; passionate love2[to] feel romantic love for [sb] (literary)เธอterเธอter1you (informal; familiar)2she; herแม้máeแม้máe1even if; although; even though2evenเธอterเธอter1you (informal; familiar)2she; herจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3will; would (in conditional results)ไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)รักrákรักrák1[to] love; be fond of2love (affection)3beloved; dearเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)
He still loves her, even though she no longer loves him.
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แม้máeจะjàแต่งงานdtàeng ngaanกันganตามdtaamคำkamสั่งของsàng kŏngผู้ใหญ่pôo yàiแต่dtàeเขาkăoกลับglàpเสน่หาsà-này-hăaหญิงyĭngอื่นèunและláeไม่เคยmâi koieเปิดใจbpèrt jaiให้hâiภรรยาpan-rá-yaa
Although he married at his elders' insistence, he loved another woman and never opened his heart to his wife.
นางnaangมิได้mí dâiเสน่หาsà-này-hăaเขาkăoเพราะpráwยศศักดิ์yót sàkหากแต่hàak dtàeเพราะpráwความอ่อนโยนkwaam òn yonที่ซ่อนtêe sônอยู่ใต้yòo dtâiท่าทีtâa-teeเย็นชาyen chaa
She loved him not for his rank, but for the tenderness hidden beneath his cold demeanor.
ต่อให้dtòr hâiกาลเวลาgaan way-laaจะjàเปลี่ยนแปลงbplìian bplaengทุกสิ่งtúk sìngเขาkăoก็gâwยังyangเสน่หาsà-này-hăaนางnaangไม่mâiคลายklaaiราวกับraao gàpเพิ่งpêrngได้dâiสบตาsòp dtaaกันganเป็นbpenครั้งแรกkráng râek
Even if time were to change everything, his love for her would remain undiminished, as though their eyes had only just met for the first time.