News and societysystem noun
- rá high
- bòp low
- High: start high and go a little higher, a bit tense; don’t let it fall.
- Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
How to use it
ระบบrá-bòp is a system of any kind: a computer system, the transport system, the education system. You'll hear it at bank counters and checkouts when the computers stop: ระบบล่มrá-bòp lôm, the system has crashed, and you wait or come back later.
Something well organised is เป็นระบบbpen rá-bòp, "systematic", and a person who plans everything carefully works อย่างเป็นระบบyàang bpen rá-bòp.
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:
- rabob
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