เบอร์โทรศัพท์
phone number
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An everyday term for the number used to call a person, business, or telephone line.
phone number
The number assigned to a mobile phone or landline and used to contact someone by phone.
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ฉันเปลี่ยนเบอร์โทรศัพท์แล้ว chǎn plìan bəə thoorasàp lɛ́ɛw I've changed my phone number. ฉันเปลี่ยนเบอร์โทรศัพท์แล้ว details
Learning notes
Explanation
The expression combines เบอร์, “number,” with โทรศัพท์, “telephone.” เบอร์ is a loanword derived from English “number,” and the full expression is widely used in everyday Thai. It can refer to either a mobile or landline number. In conversation, it is often shortened to เบอร์โทร, or simply เบอร์ when the context clearly concerns contact information.
Usage
It is commonly used when exchanging contact details, asking for a business or facility's number, or entering a phone number on a form or website.
Caution
On its own, เบอร์ can also refer to a clothing or shoe size, a player's number, and other kinds of numbers. Use เบอร์โทรศัพท์ or เบอร์โทร when the context might be unclear. When asking someone for their number, ขอเบอร์โทรศัพท์ได้ไหมครับ／คะ is a polite way to request permission.