Translate English to Thai
Thai is spoken by about 70 million people, primarily in Thailand. As one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world and a growing hub for manufacturing, trade, and digital nomads, Thailand generates enormous translation demand. Paste your English text above for a Thai translation.
Common English to Thai translations
| English | Thai | Pronunciation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hello | สวัสดีครับ | sah-waht-dee KRAHP/KAH | ||
| Good morning | อรุณสวัสดี | ah-roon sah-WAHT-dee | ||
| Thank you | ขอบคุณครับ | kawp-KOON krahp/kah | ||
| Please | กรุณา | gah-ROO-nah | ||
| How much is this? | อันนี้เท่าไหร่? | un-NEE tow-RAI | ||
| Where is the bathroom? | ห้องน้ำอยู่ที่ไหน? | hawng nahm YOO tee NAI | ||
| I do not understand | ไม่เข้าใจ | mai KOW jai | ||
| Can you help me? | ช่วยได้ไหม? | CHUAY dai MAI | ||
| I would like coffee | ขอกาแฟครับ | kaw gah-FAE krahp/kah | ||
| The bill, please | เก็บเงินครับ | gep NGERN krahp/kah | ||
| Nice to meet you | ยินดีที่ได้รู้จัก | yin-DEE tee dai ROO-jak | ||
| Goodbye | ลาก่อน | lah GAWN | ||
| I need a doctor | ต้องการหมอ | tawng-GAHN maw | ||
| Excuse me | ขอโทษ | kaw TOHT |
Tips for English to Thai translation
Thai is a tonal language with five tones: mid, low, falling, high, and rising. The same syllable pronounced with different tones means completely different things. Mai can mean new, silk, burn, wood, or be a question particle depending on the tone. The audio buttons on this page are essential for hearing these distinctions.
Thai script does not use spaces between words. Sentences flow continuously, and readers identify word boundaries from context. This is similar to Lao, Chinese, and Japanese. The translator handles word segmentation automatically, but unusual word combinations may occasionally be split incorrectly.
Thai has a complex pronoun system that encodes gender, age, social status, and formality. Phom (I, male), dichan (I, female formal), chan (I, female casual). The translator uses context to select appropriate pronouns in the English output.
Thai has absorbed vocabulary from Pali, Sanskrit, Khmer, Chinese, and English. English loanwords are common in modern Thai: คอมพิวเตอร์ (computer), แท็กซี่ (taxi), โรงแรม (hotel). These translate back to English origins easily.
About the Thai language
Thai belongs to the Kra-Dai language family and is closely related to Lao. The Thai script was created in 1283 by King Ramkhamhaeng, adapted from Khmer script which itself derived from Indian Brahmi. Thai has 44 consonants, 15 vowel symbols that combine into over 28 vowel forms, and 4 tone marks.
Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country that was never colonized by a European power. This independence preserved Thai language and culture in ways that neighboring countries experienced differently. Today, Thailand is a major tourist destination (nearly 40 million visitors per year pre-pandemic), a manufacturing hub, and an increasingly important player in the ASEAN economic community. Thai cuisine has become one of the most popular in the world.
Frequently asked questions
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Yes. Proper Thai Unicode characters with tone marks.
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No. Thai is Kra-Dai; Chinese is Sino-Tibetan. Both are tonal but unrelated.
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