{"id":2991,"date":"2016-08-11T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T09:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/?p=2991"},"modified":"2016-08-10T20:23:03","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T20:23:03","slug":"summer-olympics-in-thai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/summer-olympics-in-thai\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Olympics in Thai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every four years, the eyes of the world are on the <strong>Summer Olympics<\/strong>\u00a0(\u0e42\u0e2d\u0e25\u0e34\u0e21\u0e1b\u0e34\u0e01\u0e24\u0e14\u0e39\u0e23\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e19 <em>oh-lim-bp\u00eck r\u00e9u-doo r\u00f3n<\/em>). This year, the games are taking place in Rio de Janeiro, <strong>Brazil<\/strong> (\u0e1a\u0e23\u0e32\u0e0b\u0e34\u0e25 <em>braa-sin<\/em>). The slogan for the 2016 Olympics is \u201c<strong>A new world<\/strong>&#8221; (\u0e42\u0e25\u0e01\u0e43\u0e1a\u0e43\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e48 <em>l\u00f4hk bai m\u00e0i<\/em>). Over 11,000 athletes representing 206 different nations are competing in the games this year. Everyone is talking about them all over the world, but you might have a little trouble doing so if you don\u2019t know the lingo. Never fear, because we\u2019re here to help!<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Summer Olympic Sports in Thai<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_2993\" style=\"width: 631px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/42767444@N04\/3945252406\/in\/photolist-71Cs6d-ropXqF-qcYhz4-bBQEAe-a81QLp-8N2xDo-rCzpHq-75iZTn-bnfVGP-brdkZW-71yrtn-8MPazf-cRc19d-7DioHT-a81QJ2-boVu7C-74gk6J-e15CCj-74giCV-bJxPmn-71yrpP-cZpcuL-8MPhzm-bjU87g-cKTbP5-a81QKV-dWF8cY-8MLdWK-8MKZnr-8ML5hB-e15CyN-dWzut4-dWzuGK-8ML77t-d2kr53-8vGbTe-qJ5byM-e15CEU-8MLarB-8ML9fx-B44v7p-74ehBZ-8ML2JF-dQ1kYJ-cmrT4d-bxh871-9bVW1e-8MLeia-d2kzE1-dPUJn4\" aria-label=\"3945252406 A9ef27b57d O\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2993\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2993\"  alt=\"Maracana Stadium in Rio. Photo by Around the rings1992 from flickr.com.\" width=\"621\" height=\"466\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2016\/08\/3945252406_a9ef27b57d_o.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2016\/08\/3945252406_a9ef27b57d_o.jpg 621w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2016\/08\/3945252406_a9ef27b57d_o-350x263.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maracana Stadium in Rio. Photo by Around the rings1992 from flickr.com.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you want to talk about the Olympics in Thai, you&#8217;ll need to know the Thai names for all of the events. Here they are, with transliterations where possible. (There&#8217;s no standardized form for the Romanization of Thai characters, but I personally use the Thai2English dictionary. It&#8217;s quite accurate and most words can be found on there.)<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3>archery <span class=\"s1\">\u0e22\u0e34\u0e07\u0e18\u0e19\u0e39<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\">\n<h3>athletics \u0e01\u0e23\u0e35\u0e11\u0e32 gree-taa<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\">\n<h3>badminton \u0e41\u0e1a\u0e14\u0e21\u0e34\u0e19\u0e15\u0e31\u0e19<span class=\"s2\"> b\u00e0et-min-dt\u00e2n <\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\">\n<h3>basketball \u0e1a\u0e32\u0e2a\u0e40\u0e01\u0e15\u0e1a\u0e2d\u0e25<span class=\"s2\"> b\u00e2at-g\u00e8t-bon <\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3>boxing <span class=\"s1\">\u0e21\u0e27\u0e22\u0e2a\u0e32\u0e01\u0e25<\/span> muay s\u0103a-gon<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3>canoe <span class=\"s1\">\u0e41\u0e04\u0e19\u0e39<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul class=\"ul2\">\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3>slalom <span class=\"s1\">\u0e2a\u0e25\u0e32\u0e25\u0e21<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3>sprint <span class=\"s1\">\u0e2a\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e34\u0e19\u0e17\u0e4c<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3>cycling <span class=\"s1\">\u0e08\u0e31\u0e01\u0e23\u0e22\u0e32\u0e19<\/span> j\u00e0k-gr\u00e0-yaan<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"ul2\">\n<li class=\"li3\">\n<h3><span class=\"s3\">road <\/span><span class=\"s4\">\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e20\u0e17\u0e16\u0e19\u0e19 bpr\u00e0-p\u00e2yt t\u00e0-n\u014fn<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">\n<h3><span class=\"s5\">track \u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e20\u0e17\u0e25\u0e39\u0e48 bpr\u00e0-p\u00e2yt l\u00f4o<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">\n<h3><span class=\"s5\">BMX \u0e1a\u0e35\u0e40\u0e2d\u0e47\u0e21\u0e40\u0e2d\u0e47\u0e01\u0e0b\u0e4c bee em \u00e8k<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">\n<h3><span class=\"s5\">mountain \u0e40\u0e2a\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e20\u0e39\u0e40\u0e02 s\u0115ua poo k\u0103y<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">\n<h3><span class=\"s5\">diving \u0e01\u0e23\u0e30\u0e42\u0e14\u0e14\u0e19\u0e49\u0e33 gr\u00e0 d\u00f2ht n\u00e1m<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">\n<h3><span class=\"s5\">equestrian \u0e02\u0e35\u0e48\u0e21\u0e49\u0e32 k\u00e8e m\u00e1a<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">\n<h3><span class=\"s5\">fencing \u0e1f\u0e31\u0e19\u0e14\u0e32\u0e1a fan d\u00e0ap<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">\n<h3><span class=\"s5\">field hockey \u0e2e\u0e2d\u0e01\u0e01\u0e35\u0e49 h\u00f3k-g\u00eae<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">\n<h3><span class=\"s5\">football<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u0e1f\u0e38\u0e15\u0e1a\u0e2d\u0e25 f\u00fat bon<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">\n<h3><span class=\"s5\">golf \u0e01\u0e2d\u0e25\u0e4c\u0e1f g\u00f3f<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">\n<h3><span class=\"s5\">gymnastics \u0e22\u0e34\u0e21\u0e19\u0e32\u0e2a\u0e15\u0e34\u0e01<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">\n<h3><span class=\"s5\">handball \u0e41\u0e2e\u0e19\u0e14\u0e4c\u0e1a\u0e2d\u0e25 haen bon<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">\n<h3><span class=\"s5\">judo \u0e22\u0e39\u0e42\u0e14 yoo-doh<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">\n<h3><span class=\"s5\">modern pentathlon \u0e1b\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e08\u0e01\u0e35\u0e2c\u0e32\u0e2a\u0e21\u0e31\u0e22\u0e43\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e48<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">\n<h3><span class=\"s5\">rowing \u0e40\u0e23\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e1e\u0e32\u0e22 reua paai<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">\n<h3><span class=\"s5\">rugby \u0e23\u0e31\u0e01\u0e1a\u0e35\u0e49 r\u00e1k b\u00eae<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">\n<h3><span class=\"s5\">sailing \u0e40\u0e23\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e43\u0e1a reua bai<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">\n<h3><span class=\"s5\">shooting \u0e22\u0e34\u0e07\u0e1b\u0e37\u0e19 ying bpeun<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">\n<h3><span class=\"s5\">swimming \u0e27\u0e48\u0e32\u0e22\u0e19\u0e49\u0e33 w\u00e2ai n\u00e1am<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">\n<h3><span class=\"s5\">synchronized swimming \u0e23\u0e30\u0e1a\u0e33\u0e43\u0e15\u0e49\u0e19\u0e49\u0e33 r\u00e1-bam dt\u00e2i n\u00e1m<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">\n<h3><span class=\"s5\">table tennis \u0e40\u0e17\u0e40\u0e1a\u0e34\u0e25\u0e40\u0e17\u0e19\u0e19\u0e34\u0e2a tay-bern-ten-n\u00edt<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">\n<h3><span class=\"s5\">taekwando \u0e40\u0e17\u0e04\u0e27\u0e31\u0e19\u0e42\u0e14 tay-kwan-doh<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">\n<h3><span class=\"s5\">tennis \u0e40\u0e17\u0e19\u0e19\u0e34\u0e2a ten-nit<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">\n<h3><span class=\"s5\">triathlon \u0e44\u0e15\u0e23\u0e01\u0e35\u0e2c\u0e32 dtrai gee-laa<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">\n<h3><span class=\"s5\">volleyball \u0e27\u0e2d\u0e25\u0e40\u0e25\u0e22\u0e4c\u0e1a\u0e2d\u0e25 won-l\u00e2y bon<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">\n<h3><span class=\"s5\">water polo \u0e42\u0e1b\u0e42\u0e25\u0e19\u0e49\u0e33<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">\n<h3><span class=\"s5\">weightlifting \u0e22\u0e01\u0e19\u0e49\u0e33\u0e2b\u0e19\u0e31\u0e01 y\u00f3k n\u00e1am n\u00e0k<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">\n<h3><span class=\"s5\">wrestling \u0e21\u0e27\u0e22\u0e1b\u0e25\u0e49\u0e33 muay bpl\u00e2m<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Prizes<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_2994\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jamescridland\/7700151398\/in\/photolist-cJrhK1-7TGK2z-7DQBeL-cJrgJ5-88a3CB-8KgHv8-bDK5q4-88deNN-88a3wp-cHbs9U-cQMhd1-9nZESd-7FyXDZ-82U4fb-d4tUpY-7L44Eg-cPC1kq-dbyViD-7GKcPg-7NqV2y-9Mvaz-7FrfNA-cPMZq5-7m9H77-7TKZ4q-4TEhFY-7BrVaN-cHyZ7y-dZkgmy-5rrsRt-5rvKZS-82QSPM-ejerNC-5rvL4d-d4tVUy-5bkbEX-k2EkMg-9dmrST-5rrsYM-7E4bbE-5rvNdb-7DkSwq-7GK4Yn-5rvL9N-cJDZdW-5dxBST-7GPb6m-7GKqax-k2GHXo-d4tWXm\" aria-label=\"7700151398 70ef7b7b5b Z\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2994\" class=\"wp-image-2994\"  alt=\"2012 gold medals. Image by James Cridland from flickr.com.\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2016\/08\/7700151398_70ef7b7b5b_z.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2016\/08\/7700151398_70ef7b7b5b_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2016\/08\/7700151398_70ef7b7b5b_z-350x291.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2994\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2012 gold medals. Image by James Cridland from flickr.com.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Of course, all athletes dream of taking home a medal to their home country. Here\u2019s the Thai\u00a0names for the three medals that are up for grabs in each event:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>gold medal\u00a0\u0e40\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e35\u0e22\u0e0d\u0e17\u0e2d\u0e07 r\u012dan tong<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>silver medal\u00a0\u0e40\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e35\u0e22\u0e0d\u0e40\u0e07\u0e34\u0e19 r\u012dan ngern<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>bronze medal \u0e40\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e35\u0e22\u0e0d\u0e17\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e41\u0e14\u0e07 r\u012dan tong daeng<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Thailand&#8217;s Team<\/h2>\n<p>Since their debut in the 1952 installment of the games, Thailand has sent a team to compete every time aside from 1980 in Moscow. Because of its partial support of the US-led-boycott, the team wasn&#8217;t invited that year. For the 2016 edition, Thailand sent 54 athletes competing in 13 different sports. The team has already won two golds, a silver, and a bronze, all in weightlifting. Check out a short news clip spotlighting the country&#8217;s first gold medal:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Thailand claims first Olympic gold medal\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SWpxTNwgJOE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the Olympic games, and best of luck to the Thai\u00a0athletes as they go for the gold!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"291\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2016\/08\/7700151398_70ef7b7b5b_z-350x291.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2016\/08\/7700151398_70ef7b7b5b_z-350x291.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2016\/08\/7700151398_70ef7b7b5b_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Every four years, the eyes of the world are on the Summer Olympics\u00a0(\u0e42\u0e2d\u0e25\u0e34\u0e21\u0e1b\u0e34\u0e01\u0e24\u0e14\u0e39\u0e23\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e19 oh-lim-bp\u00eck r\u00e9u-doo r\u00f3n). This year, the games are taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (\u0e1a\u0e23\u0e32\u0e0b\u0e34\u0e25 braa-sin). The slogan for the 2016 Olympics is \u201cA new world&#8221; (\u0e42\u0e25\u0e01\u0e43\u0e1a\u0e43\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e48 l\u00f4hk bai m\u00e0i). Over 11,000 athletes representing 206 different nations are competing in the&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/summer-olympics-in-thai\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":2994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[425123,3327,2360,432213,127448,432215,432212,432210,432211,432214],"class_list":["post-2991","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-2016-olympics","tag-olympic-games","tag-olympics","tag-olympics-in-thai","tag-summer-olympics","tag-thai-lesson-olympic-games","tag-thai-olympic-team","tag-thai-vocabulary-olympic-sports","tag-thai-vocabulary-sports","tag-thai-words-for-olympics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2991"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2996,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2991\/revisions\/2996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}