โต๊ะ ต้อน รับ
“โต๊ะ ต้อน รับ” (то тон рап) — reception desk in Thai. Noun, level A2. Literally "table of meeting": ton rap is to welcome, to receive guests. At the hotel one also says check-in — the same word as at the airport. In a live sentence: “โต๊ะ ต้อน รับ อยู่ ที่ นี่” — The reception desk is right here. Written with the characters โ, ต, ๊, ะ, ต, ้, อ, น, ร, บ. A word from the everyday Thai course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Thai | โต๊ะ ต้อน รับ |
| Read in Latin letters | то тон рап |
| Translation | reception desk |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "table of meeting": ton rap is to welcome, to receive guests. At the hotel one also says check-in — the same word as at the airport
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.
- โต๊ะ ต้อน รับ อยู่ ที่ นี่то тон рап ю ти нийThe reception desk is right here
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 “reception desk” in Thai?
«โต๊ะ ต้อน รับ», read “то тон рап”. In a live sentence: “โต๊ะ ต้อน รับ อยู่ ที่ นี่” — The reception desk is right here. Noun, level A2; written with the characters โ, ต, ๊, ะ, ต, ้, อ, น, ร, บ.
How is “โต๊ะ ต้อน รับ” written in Latin letters?
то тон рап. 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 "table of meeting": ton rap is to welcome, to receive guests. At the hotel one also says check-in — the same word as at the airport. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.