ตึง
sound of a heavy thing falling on the floor or ground
Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never inventedsound of a heavy thing falling on the floor or groundlexitron
be in an angry moodlexitron
be strictlexitron
refrain from speaking; look strained/sullenlexitron
be rigid; be strained; be taut; be tight; be tense; be criticallexitron
tight; tense; stiff; firmwiktionary
rigid; strictwiktionary
sound of a heavy thing falling on the floor or groundwiktionary
synonym of พลวง (pluuang, “a kind of tree, Dipterocarpus tuberculatus Roxb.”)wiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesแต่คนไทยถูกสอนว่า ถ้าทำให้บรรยากาศหนักตึงเกินไป คือไม่สุภาพ
But Thai people are taught that making the mood too heavy and tense is impolite.
Built from
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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