ขับ เร็ว เกิน
“ขับ เร็ว เกิน” (кхап рэв кын) — to speed; to exceed the speed limit in Thai. Phrase, level B1. Literally "drive fast beyond": khap is "to drive", familiar from the driver, and the second word is "beyond measure", known from "too big". The fine for it is the familiar fine word. In a live sentence: “ขับ เร็ว เกิน แล้ว มี ค่า ปรับ” — He exceeded the speed — and got a fine. Written with the characters ข, บ, เ, ร, ว, เ, ก, ิ, น.
In short
| Written in Thai | ขับ เร็ว เกิน |
| Read in Latin letters | кхап рэв кын |
| Translation | to speed; to exceed the speed limit |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "drive fast beyond": khap is "to drive", familiar from the driver, and the second word is "beyond measure", known from "too big". The fine for it is the familiar fine word
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.
- ขับ เร็ว เกิน แล้ว มี ค่า ปรับкхап рэв кын лаэо ми кхаа прапHe exceeded the speed — and got a fine
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 “to speed; to exceed the speed limit” in Thai?
«ขับ เร็ว เกิน», read “кхап рэв кын”. In a live sentence: “ขับ เร็ว เกิน แล้ว มี ค่า ปรับ” — He exceeded the speed — and got a fine. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ข, บ, เ, ร, ว, เ, ก, ิ, น.
How is “ขับ เร็ว เกิน” written in Latin letters?
кхап рэв кын. 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 "drive fast beyond": khap is "to drive", familiar from the driver, and the second word is "beyond measure", known from "too big". The fine for it is the familiar fine word. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.