วิทยุ wít-tá-yú
radio noun
- wít high
- tá high
- yú high
- High: start high and go a little higher, a bit tense; don’t let it fall.
How to use it
วิทยุwít-tá-yú is the radio. Taxi drivers often keep it on for talk shows and luk thung, Thai country music, and a radio station is a สถานีวิทยุsà-tǎa-nii wít-tá-yú.
The two-way radio a security guard carries is a วิทยุสื่อสารwít-tá-yú sùue-sǎan, "communication radio".
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:
- witthayu
- vittayu
- witayu
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