Most common Thai words
Frequency-ranked Thai words from the current ThaiFlip corpus.
[to] make a living; earn one’s keep
American (U.S.)
[to] care about; be concerned for; be solicitous of
[to] move out
[to] microwave [sth]; heat in a microwave (colloq.)
[to] enter a city; [to] immigrate
couple photo
very late at night
calf (lower leg)
[to] surrender; give up
grand; magnificent
riddle; enigma; mystery
gene (hereditary unit)
evenly matched; close
buying and selling; trade; trading activity
sis; term of address (slang)
Krabi
[to] distinguish; tell apart
large; huge; massive
[to] caress; stroke gently
expensive; pricey
[to] walk up [sth]; [to] ascend on foot
[to] work hard
[to] open for; begin accepting
[to] be at a disadvantage; [to] be inferior
[to] slow (down)
[to] smile slightly
stupid; foolish
size (measurement category)
[to] let [sb]/[sth] go; [to] release
in a moment; soon
[to] scold [sb]; [to] berate [sb]; [to] insult [sb]; [to] swear at [sb]
together with; along with; as well as
[to] not be (formal)
short-term
famous; renowned; noted (often for ...)
[to] do a photo shoot (as the model)
seed; kernel; pip
kindergarten; preschool
[to] disappear completely; [to] vanish
[to] close; shut
[to] have eyes
bit (computing)
counting from; starting from
plug (electrical)
the female side; female party
control; supervision; regulation; restraint
to mix/toss (food)
[to] put/place and leave (for later)
charisma; prestige; influence
barking deer; muntjac
it seems; it looks like
[to] support; patronize (be a customer of); subsidize
[to] kick; push with the foot
reading (the act/skill)
minced fermented fish
firework; flare
[to] be addicted to [sth]
ham (meat)
anyone; anybody
cave; cavern
cocky; brash; swaggering
to split up; go separate ways
the side
witness (person)
along with; coupled with
except (for); other than
so hard; really difficult
[to] continue watching
necklace
banyan; fig tree (Ficus spp.)
personal opinion
[to] prolong an argument; [to] talk back
bridge of the nose
[to] rejoice in others’ merit (Buddhist); give blessings
[to] arouse; stir up; incite
weekend
[to] reveal that
[to] look at [sb's] face
window (Northern Thai)
[to] deceive; cheat; trick
given name element (from Chinese 'gold')
Suvarnabhumi Airport (Bangkok)
[to] lull; soothe to sleep
protection; defense
greasy; cloying (food)
normally; usually
[to] get goosebumps
debt; liabilities
[to] compete with each other
sine; sin function
[to] slit; cut (a long narrow cut)
chin
whatever; anything
fixie; fixed-gear bike
score (points in a game)
[to] work for hire; hire out one’s services
containing meat
[to] dive; [to] go underwater
[to] rely on; depend on