Home and daily lifesecurity guard noun
- yaam mid
- Mid: level, in your normal speaking voice.
Classifier: คนkon · person, people
How to use it
Condos, housing estates, offices and banks all have guards, who sign in visitors, take in parcels and open the gate. ยามyaam is the everyday word, but some guards hear it as a little dismissive: the respectful term, common in speech too, is the abbreviation รปภ.raw-bpaw-paw, from "security staff". To their face, call a guard ลุงlung or พี่pîi, the way you'll talk to Lung Chai at the condo in our course.
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:
- yam
- yarm
- ror por por
- raw paw paw
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