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How to say to go uphill, up the mountain
in Thai
ขึ้นเขา
kûen-kǎo
to go uphill, up the mountain · uphill, up the hill, climb a hill
kûen fallingkǎo rising
ขึ้น is "go up", เขา is "hill, mountain". Careful: เขา with the same spelling and tone also means "he, she"; the context tells you which.
- Part of speech
- verb
- Literally
- go up + hill
- Remember it
- KÛEN (up!) the KǍO: the bike groans going uphill.
In a sentence
- ขับขึ้นเขาช้าๆ นะkàp kûen-kǎo cháa-cháa náRide slowly up the hill.
From the same situation: Motorbikes, cars, police
- หมวกกันน็อกhelmet
- น้ำมันfuel, petrol; oil
- เติมto fill up, top up
- เต็มถังfull tank
- ดีเซลdiesel
- ด่านcheckpoint
- ค่าปรับfine (amount)
- ใบสั่งtraffic ticket
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