Jingjok
How to say traffic is jammed
in Thai
รถติด
rót-dtìt
traffic is jammed
rót highdtìt low
ติด = "stuck". Bangkok small talk staple: a driver who says รถติด may be explaining a refusal.
- Part of speech
- adj
- Literally
- cars stuck
- Remember it
- Cars stuck TIGHT, left to ROT in the jam.
In a sentence
- วันนี้รถติดมากwan-níi rót-dtìt mâakThe traffic is awful today.
The culture behind it
CULTURE
The taxi "ไปไหม" ritual
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 รถติด 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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