ยก เลิก เที่ยว บิน
“ยก เลิก เที่ยว บิน” (йак лёк тиао бин) — the flight was cancelled in Thai. Phrase, level A2. The same cancel as for the booking, plus the familiar flight. Thai names no culprit — the verb stands alone, and it sounds like "the flight is cancelled". In a live sentence: “ฝน ตก หนัก ยก เลิก เที่ยว บิน” — A downpour — the flight was cancelled. Written with the characters ย, ก, เ, ล, ิ, ก, เ, ท, ี, ่, ย, ว…
In short
| Written in Thai | ยก เลิก เที่ยว บิน |
| Read in Latin letters | йак лёк тиао бин |
| Translation | the flight was cancelled |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
The same cancel as for the booking, plus the familiar flight. Thai names no culprit — the verb stands alone, and it sounds like "the flight is cancelled"
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.
- ฝน ตก หนัก ยก เลิก เที่ยว บินфон ток нак йак лёк тиао бинA downpour — the flight was cancelled
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 “the flight was cancelled” in Thai?
«ยก เลิก เที่ยว บิน», read “йак лёк тиао бин”. In a live sentence: “ฝน ตก หนัก ยก เลิก เที่ยว บิน” — A downpour — the flight was cancelled. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters ย, ก, เ, ล, ิ, ก, เ, ท, ี, ่, ย, ว…
How is “ยก เลิก เที่ยว บิน” written in Latin letters?
йак лёк тиао бин. 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?
The same cancel as for the booking, plus the familiar flight. Thai names no culprit — the verb stands alone, and it sounds like "the flight is cancelled". A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.