เข้า ร่วม
“เข้า ร่วม” (као руам) — to participate; to join in in Thai. Verb, level B1. Literally "enter the shared": the shared is together and common — the one in colleague and classmate. The Thai does not "take part" — he enters the common circle. In a live sentence: “เพื่อน มา เข้า ร่วม ด้วย” — The friends are taking part too. Written with the characters เ, ข, ้, า, ร, ่, ว, ม. A word from the everyday Thai course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Thai | เข้า ร่วม |
| Read in Latin letters | као руам |
| Translation | to participate; to join in |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "enter the shared": the shared is together and common — the one in colleague and classmate. The Thai does not "take part" — he enters the common circle
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.
- เพื่อน มา เข้า ร่วม ด้วยпхиуан ма као руам дыайThe friends are taking part too
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 participate; to join in” in Thai?
«เข้า ร่วม», read “као руам”. In a live sentence: “เพื่อน มา เข้า ร่วม ด้วย” — The friends are taking part too. Verb, level B1; written with the characters เ, ข, ้, า, ร, ่, ว, ม.
How is “เข้า ร่วม” written in Latin letters?
као руам. 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 "enter the shared": the shared is together and common — the one in colleague and classmate. The Thai does not "take part" — he enters the common circle. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.