ประหนึ่ง(bprà-nèung)
Meanings
1ConjunctionB2
as if; as though
Used to introduce a comparison indicating that something appears or is treated in a way comparable to something else (often literary/formal).
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillยืนyeunยืนyeun1[to] stand2standing; upright (posture/position)3fixed; steady; unchanged (figurative)4to be fixed; remain unchanged (figurative)เงียบงันngîiap nganเงียบงันngîiap ngandead silent; still; inactiveประหนึ่งbprà-nèungประหนึ่งbprà-nèung1as if; as though2like; akin toกำลังgam-langกำลังgam-lang1power; strength2power; force (physics)3troops; forces4currently; in the middle ofฟังfangฟังfang1listen2heed3[to] sound; seem (to the ear)เสียงsĭiangเสียงsĭiang1sound; noise2voice3vote4tone; timbre5phonetic toneของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsลมlomลมlom1wind2breeze; draft3air (breath); life-force (traditional)4nonsense; empty talk (fig.)5gas; flatulence
He stood in silence, as if listening to the wind.
2PrepositionB2
like; akin to
Used before a noun phrase to mean ‘like’ or ‘similar to’ in a formal or literary style.
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillยืนสงบนิ่งyeun sà-ngòp nîngยืนสงบนิ่งyeun sà-ngòp nîng[to] stand in silenceประหนึ่งbprà-nèungประหนึ่งbprà-nèung1as if; as though2like; akin toรูปสลักหินrûup sà-làk hĭnรูปสลักหินrûup sà-làk hĭnstone sculpture; stone carvingหน้าnâaหน้าnâa1front; frontage2next; upcoming3face—prefix (before nouns)4in front; at the front5season (in names)6page7faceวิหารwí-hăanวิหารwí-hăan1viharn (Buddhist image hall)2temple hall (non-ordination)
He stood still, like a stone statue in front of the temple.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
ราวกับraao gàpราวกับraao gàp1as if; as though2like; akin to
- as if; as though
- like; akin to
ปานbpaanปานbpaan1birthmark; mole2as if; as though; like3about; approximately; as much as (literary)
- birthmark; mole
- as if; as though; like
- about; approximately; as much as (literary)
ประดุจbprà-dùtประดุจbprà-dùt(literary) like; as
(literary) like; as
ดุจdùtดุจdùtlike; as; as if (formal)
like; as; as if (formal)
ดุจดังdùt dangดุจดังdùt dangas; like (formal, literary)
as; like (formal, literary)
Word Breakdown
+
ประหนึ่งbprà-nèungประหนึ่งbprà-nèungas if; as though