News and societylabour; workers noun
- raeng mid
- ngaan mid
- Mid: level, in your normal speaking voice.
How to use it
แรงงานraeng-ngaan is labour: workers as a group, the workforce, manual work. Thailand's factories, farms and building sites rely on many migrant workers, mostly from Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos: แรงงานต่างด้าวraeng-ngaan dtàang-dâao, "foreign labour", in official Thai, and often แรงงานข้ามชาติraeng-ngaan kâam-châat, "cross-border workers", in the news.
The กระทรวงแรงงานgrà-suang raeng-ngaan handles work permits, 1 May is วันแรงงานwan raeng-ngaan, Labour Day, and the pay for a day's work is ค่าแรงkâa-raeng.
Other spellings you'll see
There's no single official way to write Thai in English letters. We mark the tone of every syllable; online you'll also find:
- raengngan
- rang ngan
- raengngarn
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