กินข้าว(gin kâao)

Meanings

1VerbA1

[to] have a meal; eat (general)

Colloquial default verb for eating or having a meal; not limited to rice.

It's noon, let's go eat.

2VerbA1

[to] eat rice (literal)

To eat rice, literally the grain/staple food.

Thai people eat rice as a staple food.

3VerbA2

[to] dine; go eat together

To go out or sit down to a meal, often as a social activity (e.g., ไปกินข้าวกันไหม).

Do you want to go get a meal together?

[to] eat; have a meal (Northern Thai)

[to] have a meal; [to] eat (polite)

[to] eat; [to] have a meal

[to] eat; have a meal (formal/polite)

กินข้าวgin kâao