ท่อนซุง(tôn sung)

Meanings

1NounA2

log; large piece of tree trunk

A thick, heavy section of a tree trunk, especially after felling and before being processed into timber.

Examples

ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ป่าbpàaป่าbpàa1forest; woodland2the wild; wilderness3jungle (tropical forest)4wild; uncultivated (of land)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoท่อนซุงtôn sungท่อนซุงtôn sung1log; large piece of tree trunk2figurative: sleep very soundly (as in นอนเป็นท่อนซุง)
There is a log in the forest.
2NounB2

figurative: sleep very soundly (as in นอนเป็นท่อนซุง)

Figurative use: chiefly in the idiom นอนเป็นท่อนซุง ‘sleep like a log’, meaning to sleep very deeply and without moving; by extension, can compare someone or something to a log for heaviness or inertness.

Examples

เมื่อคืนmêuua keunเมื่อคืนmêuua keun1last night (the night before today)2last nightฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เหนื่อยมากnèuua-i mâakเหนื่อยมากnèuua-i mâakvery tired; exhaustedกลับglàpกลับglàp1[to] turn over/flip/reverse2contrary; on the contrary3[to] return; go/come back4back; in returnถึงบ้านtĕung bâanถึงบ้านtĕung bâan[to] arrive homeก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerนอนnonนอนnon1[to] sleep2[to] lie down; recline3reclining; lying downเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsท่อนซุงtôn sungท่อนซุงtôn sung1log; large piece of tree trunk2figurative: sleep very soundly (as in นอนเป็นท่อนซุง)เลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)
I was so tired last night. As soon as I got home, I slept like a log.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ท่อนtônท่อนtôn1stanza; verse; passage2classifier (sections/lengths)3section (of the body)4section; piece (long, solid part)Part 1
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ซุงsungซุงsung1log; tree trunk (large piece)2timber; logs (unsawn)Part 2
ท่อนซุงtôn sungท่อนซุงtôn sunglog; large piece of tree trunk