แบบ ฟอร์ม เข้า เมือง
“แบบ ฟอร์ม เข้า เมือง” (бэп фом кхао мыанг) — arrival card; migration card in Thai. Noun, level B1. Literally "form of entering the country": the familiar form plus the entry-stamp words. It is handed out already on the plane; ask the flight attendant for a pen. In a live sentence: “กรอก แบบ ฟอร์ม เข้า เมือง ใน เครื่อง บิน” — The arrival card is filled in on the plane. Written with the characters แ, บ, บ, ฟ, อ, ร, ม, เ, ข, ้, า, เ…
In short
| Written in Thai | แบบ ฟอร์ม เข้า เมือง |
| Read in Latin letters | бэп фом кхао мыанг |
| Translation | arrival card; migration card |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "form of entering the country": the familiar form plus the entry-stamp words. It is handed out already on the plane; ask the flight attendant for a pen
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- กรอก แบบ ฟอร์ม เข้า เมือง ใน เครื่อง บินкрок бэп фом кхао мыанг наи кхрыанг бинThe arrival card is filled in on the plane
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “arrival card; migration card” in Thai?
«แบบ ฟอร์ม เข้า เมือง», read “бэп фом кхао мыанг”. In a live sentence: “กรอก แบบ ฟอร์ม เข้า เมือง ใน เครื่อง บิน” — The arrival card is filled in on the plane. Noun, level B1; written with the characters แ, บ, บ, ฟ, อ, ร, ม, เ, ข, ้, า, เ…
How is “แบบ ฟอร์ม เข้า เมือง” written in Latin letters?
бэп фом кхао мыанг. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Literally "form of entering the country": the familiar form plus the entry-stamp words. It is handed out already on the plane; ask the flight attendant for a pen. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.