485 Essential Thai Words
These Thai words are useful from the earliest stages of learning and play an important role in everyday conversation, basic grammar, and common sentence patterns. Browse their meanings and pronunciation, then open any entry to learn more.
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- จาน caan plate, dish
- จ่าย càay pay, pay for, spend (money), pay (tax, debt, salary)
- จำ cam remember, memorize, recall, recognize, retain in memory
- ฉัน chǎn Casual I, me, my[possessive]
- ช่วง chûaŋ period, time span, time of day
- ช่วย chûay help, assist, aid, cooperate please do, could you do, would you do
- ช่วย...ให้หน่อย chûay hây nɔ̀ɔy Polite could you ... for me?, please ... for me
- ชอบ chɔ̂ɔp like, be fond of, be pleased with
- ชั้น chán floor, storey, layer, tier, level [classifier for floors], [classifier for layers], [classifier for tiers or shelves]
- ช้า cháa slow, sluggish slowly
- ชาย chaay man, male person, male
- ชีวิต chiiwít life, lifetime
- ชื่อ chʉ̂ʉ name, title
- ชุด chút outfit, clothing, costume set, kit, collection
- ด้วย dûay together, too, also, as well with, by means of, using, by please, please do ... too, make sure to ...
- ด้วยกัน dûay kan together, with each other, in the same group
- ด้าน dâan side, face, direction, edge
- ดำ dam black, dark-colored, dusky
- ดี dii good, nice, pleasant, excellent healthy, in good condition, working properly, improved suitable, appropriate, convenient, preferable well, properly, effectively, carefully
- ดีกว่า dii kwàa better (than) had better do, would rather do, let's do, choose to do
- ดีไหม dii mǎy Is it good?, Is this okay?, How about ...?, Shall we ...?
- ดื่ม dʉ̀ʉm drink, have (a drink)
- ดู duu look at, watch, view seem, look, appear
- ตก tòk fall, drop fall (rain, snow), set (sun, moon), reach (a time of day)
- ตกลง tòk loŋ agree, consent, decide OK, agreed, all right
- ต้น tôn tree, plant, plant stalk, trunk, stem [classifier for trees and plants], [classifier for plant clumps or individual plants]
- ตรง troŋ straight ahead, directly exactly, precisely, punctually at (a particular spot), by (a location)
- ตลอด talɔ̀ɔt all the time, the whole time, continuously
- ต่อ tɔ̀ɔ connect, join, assemble, extend, renew (a valid period) continuing, further, next
- ต้อง tɔ̂ŋ must, have to, need to, should
- ต้องการ tɔ̂ŋ kaan need, want, require, request, want to
- ตอน tɔɔn at (a time), during, when time, period, point in time
- ตอนนี้ tɔɔn níi now, at the moment, at present
- ตอนบ่าย tɔɔn bàay afternoon
- ตอนเช้า tɔɔn cháaw morning
- ตอบ tɔ̀ɔp answer, reply, respond, solve (a question or problem), respond to
- ต่อไป tɔ̀ɔ pay next, following from now on, later, next
- ตั้ง tâŋ place, set, stand up, install, be located
- ตั้งแต่ tâŋ tɛ̀ɛ from [starting point of a range], since, since doing・since something happened
- ตัด tàt cut, cut off, trim, mow