ซุน
sunMeanings
1Proper nounB1
Sun (Chinese surname)
a Chinese family name “Sun” (孫/孙), rendered in Thai as ซุนซุนsun1Sun (Chinese surname)2[to] push; shove; thrust forward3[to] poke at; meddle with; provoke/tease (dialectal); appears in names such as ซุนวูซุนวูsun-wuuSun Tzu; ancient Chinese military strategist (Sun Wu, “Sun Tzu”).
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คนนี้kon-níiคนนี้kon-níithis personชื่อchʉ̂ʉชื่อchʉ̂ʉ1name2[to] be named; be called3reputation; renownซุนsunซุนsun1Sun (Chinese surname)2[to] push; shove; thrust forward3[to] poke at; meddle with; provoke/tease (dialectal)ยัตyátเซ็นsenเซ็นsen[to] sign (one's name)ครับkrápครับkráppolite particle (male speaker)
This person's name is Sun Yat-sen.
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ฉันchǎnกำลังgam-langอ่านàanเรื่องrʉ̂ʉangสามก๊กsǎam-gókอยู่yùuตัวละครdtuua-lá-kɔɔnที่tîiฉันchǎnชอบchɔ̂ɔpคือkʉʉซุนsunกวนguuan
I'm reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The character I like is Sun Quan.
ซุนวูsun-wuuเป็นbpenนักnákการทหารgaan-tá-hǎanคนสำคัญkon-sǎm-kanที่tîiเขียนkǐianตำราพิชัยสงครามdtam-raa-pí-chai-sǒng-kraam
Sun Tzu was an important military strategist who wrote The Art of War.
ตระกูลdtrà-guunซุนsunเป็นหนึ่งbpen-nʉ̀ngในnaiตระกูลdtrà-guunใหญ่yàiที่tîiมีอำนาจmii-am-nâatในnaiยุคyúkสามก๊กsǎam-gók
The Sun family was one of the powerful major families during the Three Kingdoms era.
2VerbB2
[to] push; shove; thrust forward
To push or shove something forward.
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พ่อpɔ̂ɔพ่อpɔ̂ɔ1father; dad2sir; mister (rural/archaic)3prefix: male person; leader; father figureใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] tell [sb] to do [sth]; assign; orderไม้máaiไม้máai1wood; timber2stick; rod; club; bat3classifier: skewers of food4tone/diacritic mark (Thai orthography)5tool; implementซุนsunซุนsun1Sun (Chinese surname)2[to] push; shove; thrust forward3[to] poke at; meddle with; provoke/tease (dialectal)ท่อนไม้tɔ̂n-máaiท่อนไม้tɔ̂n-máailog; length of woodให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] allow; let; permit3[to] have [sb] do; cause to4for (benefit of)5so that; in order to6until; to the point that (result)ลอยlɔɔiลอยlɔɔi1[to] float; drift2[to] hover; be suspended3floating; adrift4[to] float (price/exchange rate)ออกไปɔ̀ɔk-bpaiออกไปɔ̀ɔk-bpai1[to] go out; leave; exit2Get out!3[to] lead out to; extend toกลางน้ำglaang-náamกลางน้ำglaang-náam1middle of the water2midstream (process)แล้วlɛ́ɛoแล้วlɛ́ɛo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)ปล่อยให้bplɔ̀i-hâiปล่อยให้bplɔ̀i-hâi1[to] let; allow (sb/sth to do/happen)2[to] leave/let (sb/sth) remain in a state; neglectมันmanมันman1it (thing/animal)2greasy; oily; fatty3fun; thrilling; highly entertaining4he/she (colloquial, impolite)5starchy tuber; tuberous crop6fat; grease7creamy; rich (texture/taste)ไหลlǎiไหลlǎi[to] flow; run (liquid)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already pastตามกระแสdtaam-grà-sɛ̌ɛตามกระแสdtaam-grà-sɛ̌ɛ1[to] follow the trend; go with the flow2in line with trends; because it's popular
Dad used a pole to push the log out toward the middle of the water, then let it drift with the current.
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เราraoช่วยกันchûuai-ganซุนsunรถเข็นrót-kěnไปข้างหน้าbpai-kâang-nâaแต่dtɛ̀ɛล้อlɔ́ɔยังyangติดอยู่dtìt-yùuในnaiหลุมlǔm
We pushed the cart forward together, but its wheel was still stuck in the hole.
แม้mɛ́ɛจะjàออกแรงɔ̀ɔk-rɛɛngซุนsunเกวียนgwiianไปข้างหน้าbpai-kâang-nâaหลายlǎaiครั้งkrángล้อlɔ́ɔที่tîiจมjomอยู่ในyùu-naiโคลนkloonก็gɔ̂แทบtɛ̂ɛpไม่mâiขยับkà-yàp
Despite repeated efforts to shove the cart forward, the wheels stuck in the mud barely moved.
คนงานkon-ngaanใช้cháiไม้máaiยาวyaaoซุนsunลังlangเข้าไปkâo-bpaiด้านในdâan-naiรถบรรทุกrót-ban-túkเพราะprɔ́ลังlangนั้นnánอยู่yùuไกลglaiเกินกว่าgəən-gwàaจะjàเอื้อมʉ̂ʉamมือmʉʉไปbpaiดันdanได้dâai
The worker used a long pole to push the crate farther into the truck because it was too far away to push by hand.
3VerbB2
[to] poke at; meddle with; provoke/tease (dialectal)
to tamper with or fuss with something; to provoke/tease (often animals or people), usually with a warning sense like “don’t mess with it” (common in Isan/Northern speech).
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อย่าyàaอย่าyàadon’t; do not (negative imperative)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already pastซุนsunซุนsun1Sun (Chinese surname)2[to] push; shove; thrust forward3[to] poke at; meddle with; provoke/tease (dialectal)หมาmǎaหมาmǎa1dog2dog (insult)ตัวนั้นdtuua-nánตัวนั้นdtuua-nánthat one [animal, item]นะnáนะná1softener; friendly particle2persuasive/confirming particleเดี๋ยวdǐiaoเดี๋ยวdǐiao1soon; in a moment2for a moment; briefly; one moment3wait! just a moment4otherwise; or else (colloq.)5alternating; now … now …โดนdoonโดนdoon1[to] get; be subjected to (passive, often negative)2[to] be hit; be struck; be affected3[to] hit the mark; be spot on (slang/colloq.)มันmanมันman1it (thing/animal)2greasy; oily; fatty3fun; thrilling; highly entertaining4he/she (colloquial, impolite)5starchy tuber; tuberous crop6fat; grease7creamy; rich (texture/taste)กัดgàtกัดgàt1[to] bite2[to] corrode; [to] etch3[to] sting; [to] irritate (skin)4caustic; irritating (to skin)5[to] mill (machining)เอาaoเอาao1[to] take; get; pick2[to] want (request/ordering)3[to] use; employ4[to] bring/take (for use)5marker: adverse consequence6come on; all right; go ahead7[to] have sex (vulgar slang)8auxiliary marking emphasis or result
Don't go and mess with that dog, or you'll get bitten.
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พ่อpɔ̂ɔบอกว่าbɔ̀ɔk-wâaอย่าyàaไปbpaiซุนsunเครื่องยนต์krʉ̂ʉang-yonตอนที่dtɔɔn-tîiมันmanยังyangร้อนrɔ́ɔnอยู่yùuมันmanอันตรายan-dtà-raai
Dad said not to tamper with the engine while it's still hot; it's dangerous.
เขาkǎoพยายามpá-yaa-yaamจะjàซุนsunระบบความปลอดภัยrá-bòp-kwaam-bplɔ̀ɔt-paiของkɔ̌ɔngบริษัทbɔɔ-rí-sàtแต่dtɛ̀ɛสุดท้ายsùt-táaiก็gɔ̂โดนdoonจับได้jàp-dâai
He tried to tamper with the company's security system, but was eventually caught.
การที่gaan-tîiคุณkunไปbpaiพูดจาpûut-jaaซุนsunเขาkǎoแบบนั้นbɛ̀ɛp-nánก็gɔ̂เหมือนmʉ̌ʉanไปbpaiราดrâatน้ำมันnám-manบนbonกองไฟgɔɔng-faiนั่นแหละnân-lɛ̀
The way you went and provoked him with your words was like pouring gasoline on a fire.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -น, a sonorant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
sun
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Low class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
Tone chart
Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.
| Mid class | High class | Low class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No mark + live | Mid | Rising | Mid |
| No mark + dead short | Low | Low | High |
| No mark + dead long | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai ek | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai tho | Falling | Falling | High |
| Mai tri | High | — | — |
| Mai chattawa | Rising | — | — |