{"id":1396,"date":"2012-10-24T02:25:54","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T02:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/?p=1396"},"modified":"2012-10-24T02:25:54","modified_gmt":"2012-10-24T02:25:54","slug":"thai-motorcycle-vocabulary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/thai-motorcycle-vocabulary\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai Motorcycle Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I remember my first time on a motorcycle back in 2005. It was in Phuket, and my friend was driving me around. I had insisted on a helmet and asked to not go too fast (I\u2019m clearly a wuss). A month later I ran into this farang on a bus that was telling me how cheap and easy it was to rent one myself. Why pay 200 baht for a single taxi ride, when I could have my own wheels for 200 baht\/day? Riding around the Thai islands and countryside on two wheels quickly became addictive, and I have many good memories doing it.<\/p>\n

Like, the time I had that accident, lol . . . or when I drove four people on it once . . . or when I couldn\u2019t figure out the gear shift going uphill and almost rolled back down into some ginormous cows . . . or when I was about to run out of gas, and couldn\u2019t remember how to ask \u2018where is the gas station\u2019 in Thai (it was a long time ago).<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t truly explore Thailand on your own without knowing some basic motorcycle related vocabulary, so I\u2019ve compiled a bunch for you below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
English<\/strong><\/td>\nKaraoke<\/strong><\/td>\nThai<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
motorcycle<\/td>\nMaaw1sai1<\/td>\n\u0e21\u0e2d\u0e44\u0e0b\u0e04\u0e4c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
gas<\/td>\nNam4man1<\/td>\n\u0e19\u0e49\u0e33\u0e21\u0e31\u0e19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
out of gas<\/td>\nNam4man1 mod2<\/td>\n\u0e19\u0e49\u0e33\u0e21\u0e31\u0e19\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
wheel<\/td>\nLaw4<\/td>\n\u0e25\u0e49\u0e2d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Front wheel<\/td>\nLaw4 naa3<\/td>\n\u0e25\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e2b\u0e19\u0e49\u0e32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rear wheel<\/td>\nLaw4 lang5<\/td>\n\u0e25\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e2b\u0e25\u0e31\u0e07<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
flat tire<\/td>\nYaang1 baeen1<\/td>\n\u0e22\u0e32\u0e07\u0e41\u0e1a\u0e19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ride<\/td>\nKee2<\/td>\n\u0e02\u0e35\u0e48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
slip<\/td>\nluen3<\/td>\n\u0e25\u0e37\u0e48\u0e19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
drive slow<\/td>\nKab2 chaa4<\/td>\n\u0e02\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e0a\u0e49\u0e32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
drive fast<\/td>\nKab2 reyo1<\/td>\n\u0e02\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e40\u0e23\u0e47\u0e27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
helmet<\/td>\nMuak2 gan1 nawk4<\/td>\n\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e27\u0e01\u0e01\u0e31\u0e19\u0e19\u0e47\u0e2d\u0e01<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
rent<\/td>\nChow3<\/td>\n\u0e40\u0e0a\u0e48\u0e32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
rent motorcycle<\/td>\nChow3 maaw1 sai1<\/td>\n\u0e40\u0e0a\u0e48\u0e32\u0e21\u0e2d\u0e44\u0e0b\u0e04\u0e4c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
little bike<\/td>\nKan1 lek4<\/td>\n\u0e04\u0e31\u0e19\u0e40\u0e25\u0e47\u0e01<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
big bike<\/td>\nKan1 yai2<\/td>\n\u0e04\u0e31\u0e19\u0e43\u0e2b\u0e0d\u0e48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
slippery road<\/td>\nTa2non5 luen3<\/td>\n\u0e16\u0e19\u0e19\u0e25\u0e37\u0e48\u0e19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
low gear<\/td>\nGiya1 dtum2<\/td>\n\u0e40\u0e01\u0e35\u0e22\u0e23\u0e4c\u0e15\u0e48\u0e33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
high gear<\/td>\nGiya1 suung5<\/td>\n\u0e40\u0e01\u0e35\u0e22\u0e23\u0e4c\u0e2a\u0e39\u0e07<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
dog<\/td>\nMaa5<\/td>\n\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
hospital<\/td>\nPa4yaa1baan1<\/td>\n\u0e1e\u0e22\u0e32\u0e1a\u0e32\u0e25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
engine<\/td>\nKrueng3yon1<\/td>\n\u0e40\u0e04\u0e23\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e22\u0e19\u0e15\u0e4c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
automatic<\/td>\nAaw2dto3<\/td>\n\u0e2d\u0e2d\u0e42\u0e15\u0e49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
manual<\/td>\nGiya1 gra2buk2<\/td>\n\u0e40\u0e01\u0e35\u0e22\u0e23\u0e4c\u0e01\u0e23\u0e30\u0e1b\u0e38\u0e01<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
battery<\/td>\nBaet2<\/td>\n\u0e41\u0e1a\u0e15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
low battery<\/td>\nBaet2 guab2 mod2<\/td>\n\u0e41\u0e1a\u0e15\u0e40\u0e01\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e1a\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
light<\/td>\nFai1<\/td>\n\u0e44\u0e1f<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
light is out<\/td>\nFai1 dab2<\/td>\n\u0e44\u0e1f\u0e14\u0e31\u0e1a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
kilometers per hour<\/td>\nGi2lo1 dtaw2 chuwa3 mong1<\/td>\n\u0e01\u0e34\u0e42\u0e25\u0e15\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e0a\u0e31\u0e48\u0e27\u0e42\u0e21\u0e07<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

You can\u2019t truly explore Thailand on your own without knowing some basic motorcycle related vocabulary, so I\u2019ve compiled a bunch for you below.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":1398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[10208,161],"tags":[10381,8527,12334,254591,10177,27715,254595],"class_list":["post-1396","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beginner","category-travel","tag-car","tag-gas","tag-island","tag-motorcycle","tag-thai","tag-travel-2","tag-wheel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t