ทัวร์
tour
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- 1 tour、organized trip
- 2 tour、travel around
- 3 tour group
- 4 online mob、crowd of hostile commenters
Borrowed from English “tour,” this word mainly refers to an organized trip involving one or more destinations, or to the act of traveling from place to place. In casual usage, it can also refer collectively to tour-group travelers or an online crowd attacking someone with comments.
tour、organized trip
An organized trip in which travelers visit destinations according to a planned itinerary, often as a travel package.
tour、travel around
To travel from place to place for sightseeing, performances, or another organized purpose.
tour group
A casual collective use referring to the tourists traveling as part of a tour group.
online mob、crowd of hostile commenters
An online crowd that descends on a person or page with hostile, critical, or trolling comments, most commonly in the expression ทัวร์ลง.
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โพสต์นี้ทำให้ทัวร์ลง phôot níi tham hây thua loŋ This post brought an online backlash. โพสต์นี้ทำให้ทัวร์ลง details
Learning notes
Explanation
This is a Thai borrowing of the English word “tour.” Its central image is traveling through places according to a route, schedule, or particular purpose. As a noun, it most commonly means an organized travel product: ไปทัวร์ means to go on a tour, while ซื้อทัวร์ means to purchase or book one. As a verb, it can describe sightseeing around an area or performers traveling to different locations for shows. In casual speech, ทัวร์ can collectively label the travelers in a tour group. The slang expression ทัวร์ลง extends the image of a crowd arriving somewhere and describes large numbers of internet users descending on a person or page with criticism. In รถทัวร์, the word forms the usual Thai term for a large intercity coach, not only a sightseeing bus.
Usage
It commonly appears in travel advertisements, bookings, and conversations about itineraries or package holidays. As a verb, it is also used for performers traveling between venues. รถทัวร์ is common when discussing intercity transportation and bus tickets, while ทัวร์ลง is used informally in social-media discussions, entertainment news, and conversations about online backlash.
Caution
For travel or leisure outings in general, เที่ยว is usually more natural, while การท่องเที่ยว covers tourism broadly. ทัวร์ tends to imply an itinerary or organized route. When referring to people, ทัวร์ is normally a casual collective label for a tour group; นักท่องเที่ยว is the standard term for an individual tourist. The online-backlash sense is generally expressed as ทัวร์ลง and may not be understood from ทัวร์ alone.
Differences from similar words
1 tour synonyms
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การท่องเที่ยว refers broadly to tourism or the activity of traveling. ทัวร์ more often suggests an organized itinerary or a tour sold as a travel product.
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การเดินทาง is the general act of traveling or making a journey. ทัวร์ specifically suggests a planned trip that visits destinations, typically for sightseeing.
2 tour synonyms
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เที่ยว is the everyday verb for going out, traveling, or sightseeing for pleasure. ทัวร์ more specifically means following a route or visiting a series of places as a tour.
3 tour group synonyms
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นักท่องเที่ยว is the standard word for an individual tourist or tourists in general. ทัวร์ is a casual collective label, usually suggesting people traveling together in an organized group.
4 online mob synonyms
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ชาวเน็ต neutrally means internet users or netizens. In this slang sense, ทัวร์ specifically refers to users who collectively attack or condemn a target online.