fade
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- 1 fade、become less intense、grow faint
Describes something becoming less vivid, concentrated, noticeable, or intense than before.
fade、become less intense、grow faint
Expresses a change in which a color, sensation, memory, emotion, or similar quality fades or becomes less intense.
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สีจางลง sǐi caaŋ loŋ The color fades. สีจางลง details
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กลิ่นน้ำหอมจางลงแล้ว klìn náam hɔ̌ɔm caaŋ loŋ lɛ́ɛw The perfume scent has faded. กลิ่นน้ำหอมจางลงแล้ว details
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หมอกเริ่มจางลง mɔ̀ɔk rə̂əm caaŋ loŋ The fog is beginning to clear. หมอกเริ่มจางลง details
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ความเศร้าค่อย ๆ จางลง khwaam sâw khɔ̂y khɔ̂y caaŋ loŋ The sadness gradually fades. ความเศร้าค่อย ๆ จางลง details
Learning notes
Explanation
จางลง combines จาง, meaning faint, pale, or diluted, with ลง, which marks a decrease in degree. Its core image is of something once vivid, concentrated, or intense becoming weaker or less noticeable. จาง can describe an already faint state, while จางลง emphasizes a change from an earlier state. ค่อย ๆ จางลง means “gradually fade,” and เริ่มจางลง means “begin to fade.” It is a common neutral expression used for visible qualities such as colors and stains, sensory qualities such as smells and tastes, and abstract things such as memories and sadness.
Usage
It is used when colors fade, stains become less visible, scents or flavors weaken, or fog thins. It is also natural when memories, sadness, pain, or other feelings gradually lose their intensity over time.
Caution
Do not use จางลง for an object becoming physically thinner; use บางลง. For sound becoming quieter, เบาลง is usually more natural. To describe deliberately diluting something, use เจือจาง or ทำให้จางลง.
Differences from similar words
1 fade synonyms
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ลดลง broadly means to decrease in amount, number, or degree. จางลง more specifically describes color, scent, memory, or another quality losing vividness or intensity.
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เบาลง is commonly used when sound, pain, force, or a burden becomes quieter, milder, or lighter. จางลง suggests that something such as a color, scent, or memory gradually fades.