No. 492 in Thai
ชลน
The Thai word "ชลน" means "tears."
In a sentence
รอยชลนบนแก้มเธอช่างเศร้าหมองนัก
The tear marks on her cheeks are so sorrowful.
ชลน is used here as 'tears', suggesting emotional distress.
เขาได้ยินเสียงชลนจากห้องข้าง ๆ
He heard the sound of tears from the adjacent room.
ชลน is used here metaphorically to represent the weeping sound or action.
ผู้หญิงคนนั้นไม่สามารถกลั้นชลนได้อีกต่อไปและปล่อยมันไหลออกมา
That woman could no longer hold back her tears and let them flow.
ชลน is used here literally to describe tears flowing due to strong emotions.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “ชลน” in actual Thai podcasts.
Find “ชลน” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Thai podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into ไทย, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Thai books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).