Dictionary entry

ตึง

dtʉngverb

sound of a heavy thing falling on the floor or ground

#3856 most common1 syllablein 1 reading

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Meaningsevery sense kept, sourced — never invented

1adv.

sound of a heavy thing falling on the floor or groundlexitron

2v.

be in an angry moodlexitron

3v.

be strictlexitron

4v.

refrain from speaking; look strained/sullenlexitron

5v.

be rigid; be strained; be taut; be tight; be tense; be criticallexitron

6adj.

tight; tense; stiff; firmwiktionary

7adj.

rigid; strictwiktionary

8interj.

sound of a heavy thing falling on the floor or groundwiktionary

9n.

synonym of พลวง (pluuang, “a kind of tree, Dipterocarpus tuberculatus Roxb.”)wiktionary

In the readingsreal sentences, spoken by real voices

แต่คนไทยถูกสอนว่า ถ้าทำให้บรรยากาศหนักตึงเกินไป คือไม่สุภาพ

But Thai people are taught that making the mood too heavy and tense is impolite.

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Cognate with Northern Thai ᨲᩧ᩠᩵ᨦ, Khün ᨲᩨ᩠᩵ᨦ, Lao ຕຶ່ງ (tưng), Isan ตึ่ง, Lü ᦎᦹᧂᧈ (ṫueng¹), Shan တိုင်ႇ (tùeng), Tai Nüa ᥖᥪᥒᥱ (tǔeng), Zuojiang Zhuang dwng. Onomatopoeic.

A note on usage

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