รถไฟ
Thai edit
Etymology edit
From รถ (rót, “wheeled vehicle”) + ไฟ (fai, “fire”). Compare Chinese 火車/火车 (huǒchē).
Pronunciation edit
Orthographic | รถไฟ r tʰ ai f | |
Phonemic | รด-ไฟ r ɗ – ai f | |
Romanization | Paiboon | rót-fai |
Royal Institute | rot-fai | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /rot̚˦˥.faj˧/(R) |
Noun edit
รถไฟ • (rót-fai)
- (rail transport) (classifier: คัน or ตู้ for separate sections, as cars, carriages, coaches, etc; ขบวน for lines or processions) train: connected group of rolling stock.