ห่าง
far apart
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- 1 far apart、spaced apart、separated by a gap、distant (in a relationship)
Describes two things as having space, time, or another kind of gap between them. It can also mean moving away from someone or becoming less involved with a person or activity.
far apart、spaced apart、separated by a gap、distant (in a relationship)
Describes people, things, or events as separated by a physical, temporal, or figurative gap.
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นั่งห่างกันหน่อย nâŋ hàaŋ kan nɔ̀ɔy Sit a little farther apart. นั่งห่างกันหน่อย details
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เขาเริ่มห่างจากเพื่อน khǎw rə̂əm hàaŋ càak phʉ̂an He started distancing himself from his friends. เขาเริ่มห่างจากเพื่อน details
Learning notes
Explanation
The central image is a gap between two things. The gap may be physical, but it can also involve time, age, numerical values, or emotional closeness. Two common patterns are “A ห่างจาก B,” meaning that A is some distance from B, and “A กับ B ห่างกัน,” meaning that A and B are apart. A measurement can follow ห่างกัน directly, as in ห่างกันสิบเมตร “ten meters apart” or ห่างกันสามปี “three years apart.” When describing a state, ห่าง means “be apart.” When describing reduced contact or involvement, it means “move away,” “keep one’s distance,” or “drift away.”
Usage
Common in descriptions of locations, directions, seating and object placement, time intervals, and age differences. It is also used when relationships become less close or when someone has been away from an activity for a long time.
Caution
Use ไกล when simply describing something as far away. ห่าง is especially useful when identifying what something is separated from or measuring the gap between two things. For a general difference in price or other qualities, ต่างกัน is often more natural. ห่างกัน can describe a numerical difference, but tends to frame it as a gap between values.
Differences from similar words
1 far apart synonyms
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ต่าง broadly means that things are different in price, character, type, or other respects. ห่าง can describe a numerical difference, but presents it more specifically as a gap between two points or values.
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ไกล emphasizes that a place or object is far away. ห่าง focuses more on the gap between two things and is commonly used with exact distances, time intervals, and age differences.