โหยหิว(hŏi hĭu)

Meanings

1VerbB1

[to] be starving; be famished

to be extremely hungry; to be starving or famished

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ไม่ได้mâi 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)กินข้าวgin kâaoกินข้าวgin kâao1[to] have a meal; eat (general)2[to] eat rice (literal)3[to] dine; go eat togetherมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerทั้งวันtáng wanทั้งวันtáng wanall day; the whole dayตอนนี้dton néeตอนนี้dton née1now; at the moment2this time/this moment (time noun)รู้สึกrúu-sèukรู้สึกrúu-sèuk1[to] feel; sense2[to] feel (linking verb use)3[to] feel that…; think (impression/opinion)โหยหิวhŏi hĭuโหยหิวhŏi hĭu1[to] be starving; be famished2[to] crave [sth]; [to] yearn for [sth]มากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatly
I haven't eaten all day, now I feel very famished.
2VerbB2

[to] crave [sth]; [to] yearn for [sth]

to crave or yearn for something intensely, such as attention or affection

Examples

เด็กกำพร้าdèk gam-práaเด็กกำพร้าdèk gam-práaorphan; orphaned childคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)โหยหาhŏi hăaโหยหาhŏi hăa[to] long for; yearn for; craveความรักkwaam rákความรักkwaam rák1love; affection2romance; romantic relationshipและláeและláeand (coordinating)ความอบอุ่นkwaam òp ùnความอบอุ่นkwaam òp ùn1warmth (temperature)2warmth (affection/comfort)จากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)ครอบครัวkrôp kruuaครอบครัวkrôp kruua1family; household2family unit (sociological)
That orphan yearns for love and warmth from a family.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

โหยhŏiโหยhŏi1whoa; wow (expressing amazement or longing)2plaintive; drawn-out (sound/voice)3[to] crave; [to] long for (colloquial)Part 1
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หิวhĭuหิวhĭu1hungry2[to] be hungry; feel hungryPart 2
โหยหิวhŏi hĭuโหยหิวhŏi hĭu[to] be starving; be famished