Placesroad, street noun
- tà low
- nǒn rising
- Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
- Rising: start low, dip, then rise to the top, like a doubtful “Really?”
Classifier: สายsǎai · line, route (bus or train line)
How to use it
ถนนtà-nǒn is any road or street, and it comes first in street names: Sukhumvit Road is ถนนสุขุมวิทtà-nǒn sù-kǔm-wít. The smaller lanes off a main road are ซอยsawy.
Traffic drives on the left in Thailand, so look right first when you cross, and don't count on cars stopping at a zebra crossing. Roads are counted with สายsǎai, the word for a line.
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:
- thanon
- thanorn
- tha non
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