ค่า โดย สาร
“ค่า โดย สาร” (кхаа дои саан) — fare in Thai. Noun, level A1, topic — transport. Literally "price of the trip": khaa is the familiar root of "cost", as in the repair cost. In a live sentence: “ค่า โดย สาร รถ เมล์ ถูก” — The bus fare is cheap. Written with the characters ค, ่, า, โ, ด, ย, ส, า, ร. One of 14 words in the set “transport” in the Thai course.
In short
| Written in Thai | ค่า โดย สาร |
| Read in Latin letters | кхаа дои саан |
| Translation | fare |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "price of the trip": khaa is the familiar root of "cost", as in the repair cost
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.
- ค่า โดย สาร รถ เมล์ ถูกкхаа дои саан рот мэ тхуукThe bus fare is cheap
Nearby words: transport
Bus, metro, taxi, stop, station. These are words you need to recognize in writing — off a departure board and off a sign.
- รถ เมล์рот мэbusLiterally "carriage-vehicle": rot is any vehicle, and it sits inside "train" and "taxi" too. The Bangkok city bus, without air conditioning, is the cheapest of all
- รถ ไฟрот файtrainLiterally "fire carriage" — the same rot as in the bus. Trains in Thailand are slow and loved: the night sleeper to the north is an attraction
- สถานีсатханиstation; terminal"Station": the railway terminal, the bus one, and the police station — the prefix will say whose it is. Rot fai sathanii — "train station"
- แท็กซี่тэксиtaxiEnglish taxi. Hailed with a raised hand, but it is more honest to say kho thaeksi — "I ask for a taxi": the polite request opens doors faster
- ป้ายпаайstop; bus stopBoth the sign and the stop — one word: you know "rot me pai" whole. The tone falls, the syllable is live
- ผู้ โดย สารпхуу дои саанpassengerLiterally "traveling person": phuu lifts the word to a human being at large, as in "receiver"
- ที่ นั่งти нангseatLiterally "place of sitting": both words you know. You saw "window seat" — the seat by the window
- ราว จับраао джапhandrail; grab barLiterally "bar for gripping": jap is the familiar "catch". One holds it when the bus pulls away
- ผู้ ตรวจ ตั๋วпхуу труат туаticket inspector; conductorLiterally "person checking the tickets": truay, "to check", you saw in "check the passport"
- แน่น ขนัดнэн кханатpacked; crammed fullThe familiar naen, "tight", plus khanat, "fast": tight tight. This is what one says of a packed bus and a crowd
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “transport”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “fare” in Thai?
Literally "price of the trip": khaa is the familiar root of "cost", as in the repair cost
- How do you say “seat” in Thai?
Literally "place of sitting": both words you know. You saw "window seat" — the seat by the window
- How do you say “station; terminal” in Thai?
"Station": the railway terminal, the bus one, and the police station — the prefix will say whose it is. Rot fai sathanii — "train station"
- How do you say “packed; crammed full” in Thai?
The familiar naen, "tight", plus khanat, "fast": tight tight. This is what one says of a packed bus and a crowd
- How do you say “passenger” in Thai?
Literally "traveling person": phuu lifts the word to a human being at large, as in "receiver"
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 “fare” in Thai?
«ค่า โดย สาร», read “кхаа дои саан”. In a live sentence: “ค่า โดย สาร รถ เมล์ ถูก” — The bus fare is cheap. Noun, level A1, from the set “transport”; written with the characters ค, ่, า, โ, ด, ย, ส, า, ร.
How is “ค่า โดย สาร” written in Latin letters?
кхаа дои саан. 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 "price of the trip": khaa is the familiar root of "cost", as in the repair cost. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.