สัญจร
travel along a route
A native Thai recording for this word is on the way. Please check back soon.
- 1 travel along a route、pass back and forth
- 2 mobile (traveling between locations)、traveling
This word describes people or vehicles moving along a route, or a service or activity traveling from place to place. It is somewhat formal and is common in traffic reports, public notices, and official names.
travel along a route、pass back and forth
Describes people or vehicles traveling along a road or route, often with an emphasis on passage or regular movement.
mobile (traveling between locations)、traveling
Describes a service, facility, or event that moves between locations instead of operating in one fixed place.
Learning notes
Explanation
The core image is movement along a route or between multiple places rather than remaining in one location. As a verb, it commonly describes people or vehicles using a road or passing through an area. The expression สัญจรไปมา emphasizes movement back and forth. Placed after a noun for a service or event, it means that the service or event travels to different locations. For example, ห้องสมุดสัญจร is a mobile library that visits different communities. It is more common in news reports, public notices, traffic information, and official program names than in casual everyday conversation.
Usage
It is frequently used in traffic reports and public notices discussing road access, closures, and the movement of people or vehicles. It also appears in names for traveling services and events, such as mobile clinics, mobile libraries, and touring exhibitions.
Caution
For simply going somewhere or taking a trip, ไป or เดินทาง is usually more natural. สัญจร emphasizes passage along a route, recurring movement, or traveling between locations. Do not confuse it with จราจร, which refers to traffic or traffic flow rather than the act of traveling along a route.
Differences from similar words
1 travel along a route synonyms
-
ผ่าน focuses on passing a particular point or place. สัญจร describes travel along a route or the general movement of people and vehicles through an area.
-
เดินทาง is the ordinary general term for traveling to a destination. สัญจร is more formal and focuses on movement or passage along a road or route.
2 mobile (traveling between locations) synonyms
-
เคลื่อนที่ broadly means moving or movable. สัญจร more specifically suggests that a service or event travels from place to place to reach different communities.