Jingjok
How to say to drive, to ride (as driver)
in Thai
ขับ
kàp
to drive, to ride (as driver)
kàp low
For whoever controls the vehicle: ขับรถ (drive a car), ขับมอเตอร์ไซค์. A passenger นั่ง (sits).
- Part of speech
- verb
- Remember it
- Put your CAP on and drive.
In a sentence
- ขับช้าๆ หน่อยkàp cháa-cháa nòiDrive a bit slower, please.
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 ขับ 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.