หนา
thick
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- 1 thick、heavy (fabric or clothing)
- 2 dense、thick (fog or growth)、bushy
Describes something as having substantial thickness, or hair, fog, and similar things as being dense or abundant.
thick、heavy (fabric or clothing)
Describes an object or material whose opposite surfaces are relatively far apart.
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หนังสือเล่มนี้หนามาก nǎŋsʉ̌ʉ lêm níi nǎa mâak This book is very thick. หนังสือเล่มนี้หนามาก details
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ใส่เสื้อหนา ๆ sày sʉ̂a nǎa nǎa Wear thick clothing. ใส่เสื้อหนา ๆ details
dense、thick (fog or growth)、bushy
Describes hair, vegetation, fog, and similar things as closely packed, abundant, or difficult to see through.
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เขามีผมหนา khǎw mii phǒm nǎa He has thick hair. เขามีผมหนา details
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วันนี้หมอกหนามาก wan níi mɔ̀ɔk nǎa mâak The fog is very thick today. วันนี้หมอกหนามาก details
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คิ้วของเขาหนามาก khíw khɔ̌ɔŋ khǎw nǎa mâak He has very thick eyebrows. คิ้วของเขาหนามาก details
Learning notes
Explanation
The core image is something that is not thin and has substantial depth or material. With books, paper, walls, and clothing, หนา refers to physical thickness. The noun meaning “thickness” is ความหนา. The same image extends to things that are dense or abundant, as in ผมหนา “thick hair,” หนวดหนา “a thick mustache,” and หมอกหนา “thick fog.” หนาแน่น means “dense” or “closely packed.” Reversing the order gives แน่นหนา, which instead means “secure,” “solid,” or “tightly guarded.”
Usage
It is commonly used to describe the thickness of books, paper, walls, fabric, and clothing. It also naturally describes abundant hair or facial hair and dense fog. For population density, heavy traffic, and similar situations, หนาแน่น is normally preferred.
Caution
The opposite is บาง, meaning “thin” or “sparse.” หนา is not normally used to mean that a flavor is strong. Also, ผมหนา means that someone has abundant, dense hair; it does not specifically mean that each strand is thick. หน้าหนา is a strongly critical expression meaning “shameless” or “brazen,” so avoid using it casually about someone.
Differences from similar words
2 dense synonyms
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ดก describes hair, facial hair, or plants growing abundantly. หนา can describe the same kind of density, but it also has the broader meaning “physically thick.”
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หนาแน่น explicitly means “dense” and is widely used for populations, traffic, buildings, and tightly packed matter. หนา alone commonly describes hair, facial hair, fog, and similar things.