ตลาด
market
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- 1 market、marketplace
- 2 market [economics]、market for a product or service
ตลาด refers to a market where sellers and buyers come together. It can mean either a physical marketplace or the broader commercial market for a product or service.
market、marketplace
A place where multiple sellers and buyers gather to trade goods, including permanent markets and markets held at scheduled times.
market [economics]、market for a product or service
The commercial sphere in which a product or service is bought and sold, including its demand, customers, and sales opportunities.
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บริษัทต้องการขยายตลาดในญี่ปุ่น bɔɔrisàt tɔ̂ŋ kaan khayǎay talàat nay yîipùn The company wants to expand its market in Japan. บริษัทต้องการขยายตลาดในญี่ปุ่น details
Learning notes
Explanation
The core idea is a place or sphere where sellers and buyers come together. In everyday conversation, ตลาด usually means a physical market selling food, clothing, household goods, and similar items. It commonly appears in expressions such as ไปตลาด, “go to the market.” When counting market locations, แห่ง can be used as the classifier: ตลาดสามแห่ง means “three markets.” In business and economics, it refers to the commercial market for a product or service, including demand, customers, and sales opportunities. ตลาด followed by a product category commonly means “the market for that product.”
Usage
It is common in everyday conversations about shopping and in descriptions of fresh markets, scheduled markets, and night markets. In business, economics, and news reporting, it is used when discussing demand, customer groups, sales channels, or the size of a commercial market.
Caution
ตลาด normally refers to a marketplace with multiple sellers or to a market in the economic sense. Use ร้าน or ร้านค้า for an individual shop, ห้างสรรพสินค้า for a department store, and ซูเปอร์มาร์เก็ต for a supermarket. Also, ตลาดนัด specifically refers to a market held at scheduled times, not to permanent markets in general.
Differences from similar words
1 market synonyms
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ร้านค้า means an individual shop or store, whereas ตลาด usually refers to a marketplace containing multiple sellers or stalls.
2 market [economics] synonyms
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วงการ refers broadly to a professional field, industry, or the people involved in it. ตลาด focuses specifically on commercial activity, customers, and demand within a field.