รถพยาบาล rót-pá-yaa-baan
ambulance noun
- rót high
- pá high
- yaa mid
- baan mid
- High: start high and go a little higher, a bit tense; don’t let it fall.
Parts: รถrót vehicle พยาบาลpá-yaa-baan nurse; to nurse
The emergency number for an ambulance is 1669; โรงพยาบาลroong-pá-yaa-baan (hospital) is the 'nursing building'.
Taught in Unit 16 · Lesson 2: Medicine and the doctor of the free course.
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- rot phayaban
- rot payaban
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