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How to say turn on the meter
in Thai
เปิดมิเตอร์
bpòet mí-dtôoe
turn on the meter
bpòet lowmí highdtôoe falling
เปิด means "open" or "switch on". Say it as you get in, before the car moves: เปิดมิเตอร์ด้วย.
- Part of speech
- verb
- Literally
- open the meter
- Remember it
- OPEN the meter, BERT!
In a sentence
- เปิดมิเตอร์ด้วยครับbpòet mí-dtôoe dûai krápMeter on, please. (m)
The culture behind it
CULTURE
The taxi "ไปไหม" ritual
From the same situation: Getting around
- รถcar, vehicle
- แท็กซี่taxi
- มิเตอร์taxi meter
- ค่ารถfare
- ถึงto arrive, to get to
- ตรงไปgo straight on
- เลี้ยวto turn
- ซ้ายleft
All 61 words and phrases in “Getting around” →
Your first 90 days of Thai
Jingjok teaches เปิดมิเตอร์ with audio, the tone drawn on screen, and a check on your own voice. Take a taxi, Grab, motorbike taxi or the skytrain, and tell the driver exactly where to go and stop.
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