รถมอเตอร์ไซค์
motorcycle
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- 1 motorcycle、motorbike
An everyday Thai word for a powered two-wheeled vehicle, including motorcycles, motorbikes, and scooters.
motorcycle、motorbike
It refers broadly to powered two-wheeled vehicles without strictly distinguishing motorcycles from scooters or smaller motorbikes.
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ฉันขี่รถมอเตอร์ไซค์ไปทำงาน chǎn khìi rót mɔɔtəəsay pay thamŋaan I ride my motorcycle to work. ฉันขี่รถมอเตอร์ไซค์ไปทำงาน details
Learning notes
Explanation
The word combines รถ, meaning “vehicle,” with มอเตอร์ไซค์, a borrowing derived from English “motorcycle.” It is widely used in everyday Thai and may also cover scooter-style vehicles. In conversation, รถ is very often omitted, leaving simply มอเตอร์ไซค์. The formal term รถจักรยานยนต์ is more common in official writing, legal contexts, and news reports. The classifier for these vehicles is คัน. For example, รถมอเตอร์ไซค์หนึ่งคัน means “one motorcycle.”
Usage
This word is common in everyday conversations about commuting and transportation, as well as riding, buying, parking, repairing, or renting a motorcycle. It also appears in รถมอเตอร์ไซค์รับจ้าง, meaning “motorcycle taxi.”
Caution
Use ขี่รถมอเตอร์ไซค์ when someone rides or drives the motorcycle. นั่งรถมอเตอร์ไซค์ usually suggests riding as a passenger, such as on the back seat. A pedal bicycle is จักรยาน, not รถมอเตอร์ไซค์.
Differences from similar words
1 motorcycle synonyms
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มอเตอร์ไซค์ is the shortened form without รถ and is extremely common in conversation. รถมอเตอร์ไซค์ is the full form with the same meaning.