เหว(hĕo)
Meanings
1NounB2
cliff; chasm; ravine
A steep, sheer drop such as a cliff, chasm, or ravine.
Examples
ทางเดินtaang dernทางเดินtaang dern1walkway; passage; corridor; aisle; path2path; route; course (figurative)3tract; passageway (anatomy/system)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillชันมากchan mâakชันมากchan mâakvery steepและláeและláeand (coordinating)ข้างทางkâang taangข้างทางkâang taang1roadside/wayside2by the road/along the way3roadside (as a modifier)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsเหวลึกhăyw lúkเหวลึกhăyw lúkdeep abyss; deep chasmจึงjeungจึงjeung1therefore; so; thus2only then; then (as a result)ต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightเดินdernเดินdern1[to] walk; go on foot2[to] run; operate (machine/system)3[to] proceed; go; move along4[to] start; initiate (process/plan)อย่างระมัดระวังyàang rá-mát-rá-wangอย่างระมัดระวังyàang rá-mát-rá-wangcarefully; cautiously
The mountain path is very steep and the side is a deep ravine, so we must walk carefully.
2NounC1
abyss (figurative)
A disastrous or irrecoverable situation; a figurative gulf.
Examples
ถ้าtâaถ้าtâa1if; in case2if only; provided that (conditional emphasis)เราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)ตัดสินใจdtàt-sĭn-jaiตัดสินใจdtàt-sĭn-jai[to] decideผิดpìtผิดpìt1wrong; incorrect2illegal; against the law3improper; inappropriate4miss-; wrongly (prefix/adverbial use)5be wrong; make a mistakeตอนนี้dton néeตอนนี้dton née1now; at the moment2this time/this moment (time noun)อนาคตà-naa-kótอนาคตà-naa-kót1future (time to come)2prospectsอาจàatอาจàat1may; might (possibility)2possibly; perhaps3able; capable (literary/formal)ตกลงไปdtòk long bpaiตกลงไปdtòk long bpai[to] fall down; [to] fall into [sth]ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)เหวhĕoเหวhĕo1cliff; chasm; ravine2abyss (figurative)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/slotไม่มีmâi meeไม่มีmâi mee1to not have; lack2there is/are not; does/do not exist3[reply] we don't have it; out of stockทางtaangทางtaang1direction; side2method; means; manner3classifier: roads/routes/ways4side/party (institutional)5by; via; through (means or channel)6way; route; road; pathปีนbpeenปีนbpeen1[to] climb; scale2[to] clamber; scrambleกลับglàpกลับglàp1[to] turn over/flip/reverse2contrary; on the contrary3[to] return; go/come back4back; in return
If we make the wrong decision now, our future may fall into an abyss with no way back.