Home and daily lifemachine; counting word for machines, phones and appliances noun
- krûeang falling
- Falling: start high and drop clearly, like a firm “No!”
How to use it
เครื่องkrûeang is a machine, and it builds the names of many: a washing machine is เครื่องซักผ้าkrûeang-sák-pâa, a plane เครื่องบินkrûeang-bin, a "flying machine". It's also the counting word for phones, computers and appliances: โทรศัพท์สองเครื่องtoo-rá-sàp sǎwng krûeang, two phones.
On a car or motorbike, เครื่องkrûeang is the engine: เครื่องดับkrûeang dàp, the engine died.
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:
- kreung
- khrueang
- kruang
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