Jingjok
How to say tuk-tuk
in Thai
ตุ๊กตุ๊ก
dtúk-dtúk
tuk-tuk
dtúk highdtúk high
Named after the engine sound. ๊ on mid-class ต gives a high tone, both times.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Classifier
- คัน
In a sentence
- ตุ๊กตุ๊กไม่มีมิเตอร์dtúk-dtúk mâi mii mí-dtôoeTuk-tuks don't have a meter.
The culture behind it
CULTURE
Tuk-tuks and the "free tour"
From the same situation: Getting around
- รถcar, vehicle
- แท็กซี่taxi
- มิเตอร์taxi meter
- เปิดมิเตอร์turn on the meter
- ค่ารถfare
- ถึงto arrive, to get to
- ตรงไปgo straight on
- เลี้ยวto turn
All 61 words and phrases in “Getting around” →
Your first 90 days of Thai
Jingjok teaches ตุ๊กตุ๊ก 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.
- WEEKS 1–2 · SURVIVEGreet anyone, pay, and order food and 7-Eleven exactly how you like it.
- WEEKS 3–6 · SETTLE INGet around by taxi, Grab and skytrain, find anything, and handle your landlord.
- WEEKS 7–12 · RUN YOUR LIFEPharmacy, bank, SIM and apps, how you feel, and a weekend away, all in Thai.
The first week is free.