Travel and transport ไกด์ gái
guide, tour guide noun
- gái high
- High: start high and go a little higher, a bit tense; don’t let it fall.
Classifier: คนkon · person, people
How to use it
ไกด์gái is English guide, said high, without the final d. Guiding is one of the jobs Thai law keeps for Thai citizens, so the guides on organised tours are Thai and licensed. The formal word, on licences and in the news, is มัคคุเทศก์mák-kú-têet.
Don't mix it up
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ไก่gài
chicken
Low tone: a chicken. The guide, ไกด์gái, is high.
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:
- gaai
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