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"bus (city bus)" in Thai

รถเมล์
Bus. The Thai for "bus" is "รถเมล์".
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Literal Breakdown

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car; vehicle รถ
mail (Thai transcription of the foreign loanword) เมล์

Notes

This is the sort of local bus where the bus has a number and people get on and off.

Summary

The Thai translation for “bus (city bus)” is รถเมล์. The Thai, รถเมล์, can be broken down into 2 parts:"car; vehicle" (รถ) and "mail (Thai transcription of the foreign loanword)" (เมล์).

See also

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coach รถบัส
tour bus รถทัวร์
bus (short form) บัส

Examples of "bus" in use

There are 39 examples of the Thai word for "bus" being used:
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He came by bus. เขามารถเมล์
two buses รถเมล์สองคัน
a yellow bus รถเมล์สีเหลือง
You must wait for the bus. คุณต้องรอรถเมล์
How much is the bus fare? ค่ารถเมล์เท่าไหร่
Why don’t you take a bus? ทำไมคุณไม่ไปรถเมล์
The buses run every ten minutes. รถเมล์วิ่งทุกสิบนาที
The bus comes every fifteen minutes. รถเมล์มาทุกๆสิบห้านาที
He’ll take either the bus or the train. เขานั่งรถเมล์หรือไม่ก็นั่งรถไฟ
You can also take the bus. คุณสามารถไปด้วยรถเมล์ก็ได้

Practice Lesson

"bus (city bus)" Practice (28)
Lesson
Lesson words
bus (city bus),
car; vehicle,
mail (Thai transcription of the foreign loanword)
etc.

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Lesson phrases
bus stop,
Did you miss the bus? (male polite form),
He came by bus.,
He is getting off the bus.,
He is getting on to the bus.,
He will get on the bus to go to Ayuthaya.,
He’ll take either the bus or the train.,
I could not come on time because there were no buses.,
I don’t have any money to pay for the bus.,
I missed the bus. (male polite form),
I missed the bus; otherwise I’d have been on time.,
I was on the wrong bus.,
I’m afraid the last bus has already gone.,
Mr. Prapas sits on a bus go to work.,
The bus is driving as slow as a snail.,
The bus leaves every thirty minutes.,
The buses run every ten minutes.,
The next bus is in 15 minutes. (male polite form),
Tom took the wrong bus.,
We are going by bus.
etc.

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