Jingjok
How to say intersection, junction
in Thai
แยก
yâaek
intersection, junction · to separate
yâaek falling
Big Bangkok junctions have names (แยกอโศก, Asok junction) and drivers navigate by them.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Remember it
- A YAK blocks the intersection.
In a sentence
- เลี้ยวขวาที่แยกlíao kwǎa tîi yâaekTurn right at the junction.
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 แยก 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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