'measure' The Length/width Of A Room

[davejonesbkk]

If I am talking about measuring the length/width of a room in metres then which is the correct word?

http://thai2english.com/search/measure+

[agent69]

You can use วัด. As a verb, it means measure.

วัดห้อง = measure the room

วัดขนาดห้อง = measure the dimension of the room

วัดขนาดความกว้างความยาวห้อง = mesure the width and lenght of the room

[davejonesbkk]

thanks a lot

A bit off topic, but as you are here would you mind also telling me which word is correct for saying 'it's the law'? Eg wearing your seatbelt when driving..

http://thai2english.com/search/law+

[klons]

thanks a lot

A bit off topic, but as you are here would you mind also telling me which word is correct for saying 'it's the law'? Eg wearing your seatbelt when driving..

http://thai2english.com/search/law+

มันเป็นกฎ

It’s the law

[RickBradford]

How do you measure a temple?

[DavidHouston]

How do you measure a temple?

The technical term for the land of a temple is "ธรณีสงฆ์", literally, the land belonging to the monks. So, the area to be measured would not necessarily involve the word "วัด".

[meadish_sweetball]

Does it depend on what wat one would want to wat, or what?

Thank you for the new vocabulary, David.

Makes me associate to พระแม่ธรณี, the Earth Deva/Goddess from Brahmic and Buddhist legends:

http://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9E%E0%...%B8%93%E0%B8%B5,

[aanon]

occasionally, adjacent homophones do come up in thai sentences, as they do in english, eg. ไม่ไหม้ (not burnt), ที่ที่... (a place that is...), วัดวัด (to measure a temple). people work things out easily enough from context. still, dual meanings can be amusing, eg. ไปวัดกันไหม? (should we go to the temple/should we go measure?) and, along with other types of puns, drive plenty of thai comedy.