Most common Thai words
Frequency-ranked Thai words from the current ThaiFlip corpus.
[to] eat; have a meal (formal/polite)
tunnel
machine; mechanical device; machinery
ninja; covert operative; stealth expert
[to] release; [to] let out
I'm/you're/we're doomed; dead meat
wedding; getting married
husband and wife; married couple
sausage
practice; training
gibbon (ape)
[to] sell wholesale
residence; dwelling; habitat
[to] restrain; hold back
wasteful; extravagant
the act of reviewing; reviewing (process)
evident; manifest; plain
[to] sound out feelings; test compatibility (romantic)
[to] take delivery of [sth]; [to] accept a handover; [to] take over [sth]
[to] save water
with a sharp twinge
small case; compact container
front cover
shrine
[to] chafe; rub against
fried egg
trash can; garbage bin
what (Isan/Lao dialect)
right?; isn't it? (colloquial)
supreme; highest
tennis
all year; year-round
platform (technology/service)
[to] be willing; go along (with)
handlebars (bicycle/motorcycle)
[to] camouflage; conceal
[to] restart [sth]; start again
defender; defensive player (sports)
tsar; czar
[to] carry on; continue; build upon
[to] take a leave of absence from school
senior; veteran
doer; agent; maker; author
several tens of; dozens of (informal)
[to] be drenched; [to] be soaked
light bulb; light tube
earthquake; ground tremor
Tourism Authority of Thailand
elsewhere; in another place
axe; ax
[to] use a mobile phone
running low; little left
to have back pain; have a backache
[to] drink/ingest oil
[to] be effective; [to] work well
just now; a moment ago
several models; many versions
[to] pick; scrape out
Thai woman (individual)
flight (air travel)
ad hoc; special-purpose; temporary
[to] fly; levitate (supernaturally)
aimless; haphazard
true; real; genuine (Northern Thai)
financial institution
[to] hang up (the phone); end a call
job interview
face (derogatory)
Chachoengsao (province)
[to] improve oneself
police/military captain
pressure (figurative; from people or circumstances)
half-month; fortnight
at first; initially
[to] wear a mask
aww; cute whining sound
beyond one's capacity; beyond one's means
recently; not long ago
railway; railroad; railway track
[to] completely agree
stiff; hard to move (friction)
furniture
abdomen; belly
ringworm; tinea
[to] let go; relinquish; desist
a buffet; a meal with many dishes to choose from (often self-serve)
peaceful; tranquil and content
See you later
rounded; well-blended (flavor)
[to] spread widely; [to] become epidemic
end of the road/line
indirectly
[to] turn; pivot; face [sth/somewhere]
[to] be under [sth]; [to] be subject to [sth]
winter; cold season
[to] float a krathong; [to] celebrate Loi Krathong
hobby; pastime
[to] transform; change form; morph
[to] squeeze; press; extract (liquid)
[to] ask after; inquire (politely)