โฮง

hong

Meanings

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hall; large building (Northern/Isan dialect)

A hall or large building. Used mainly in the Northern Thai and Isan/Lao dialects; commonly found in compounds.

Examples

สมัยก่อนsà-măi gònสมัยก่อนsà-măi gòn1the old days; former times2formerly; in the past; back thenพวกเราpûuak raoพวกเราpûuak rao1we; us2our group; our sideชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)ไปดูbpai dooไปดูbpai doo[to] go (and) see; [to] go take a look; [to] go watchหนังnăngหนังnăng1leather2movie; film3thin sheet; membrane (informal)4skin; hideที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotโฮงhongโฮงhonghall; large building (Northern/Isan dialect)หนังnăngหนังnăng1leather2movie; film3thin sheet; membrane (informal)4skin; hideในตัวnai dtuuaในตัวnai dtuua1built-in; integrated2on one’s person; carried with you3in [sb]/[sth] itself; inherentlyอำเภอam-perอำเภอam-per1district (administrative unit)2district office / district town (metonymy)
In the old days, we liked to go watch movies at the movie hall in the district town.