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How to say taxi meter
in Thai
มิเตอร์
mí-dtôoe
taxi meter
mí highdtôoe falling
English "meter". Spelling rules would give mid tone on เตอร์, but everyone says it falling, like many English loans.
- Part of speech
- noun
In a sentence
- ไม่ใช้มิเตอร์mâi chái mí-dtôoedoesn't use the meter
The culture behind it
CULTURE
The taxi "ไปไหม" ritual
From the same situation: Getting around
- รถcar, vehicle
- แท็กซี่taxi
- เปิดมิเตอร์turn on the 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 มิเตอร์ 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.
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