Home and things in Thai
193 words in Thai on the topic “home and things”: บ้าน — house; home, คอน โด — apartment; condo, ที่ พัก — lodging, ห้อง — room.
193 words on the topic
- บ้านбанhouse; homeThe house, and home in the sense of homeland: khon baan — "a person of the house", one's own folk. Thai says klap ban, "return home", every evening
- คอน โดкхон доapartment; condoEnglish condominium, the everyday Thai word for an apartment in a high-rise. A separate dwelling is baan, "house" — a difference in price, not in style
- ที่ พักти пхакlodgingLiterally "place to live": phak is to stop over and to live. It names both housing and a night's lodging on the road
- ห้องхонгroomAny room and premises: add a word and you get the name of the room. Its classifier is hong itself
- ครัวкхруаkitchenThe kitchen itself and the household hearth. The cook is "father of the kitchen", and that word will arrive in the professions lesson
- ห้อง น้ำхонг намbathroomLiterally "water room" — there one both washes and finds the toilet. "Where is the bathroom?" is the first question in a stranger's house
- ระ เบียงра биангbalconyAn open balcony ledge: Thai houses love it — laundry dries there and pots of herbs stand
- ชั้นчанfloor; storyFloor, layer, class — one word about levels. "I am on the third floor" is yu chan saam: the number goes right after the word
- ลิฟต์лифтlift; elevatorEnglish lift; the final t does not drop. In a condo without a lift the upper floors are cheaper — and everyone knows it
- บัน ไดбан дайstaircase; stairsA staircase and a stepladder. The word is assembled from "plank" and "walking": planks — and a staircase
- โต๊ะтоtableAny table: dining, writing, street. One syllable, a mid tone — and the full master of the house
- เก้า อี้гао иchairTwo syllables, the tone falls on the first. The classifier of furniture is tua, "body": two chairs are "song kao-ii tua"
- เตียงтиангbedA bed and a couch in general. It sounds like thiang, "noon" — the first consonant and the tone tell them apart
- ตู้тууcupboard; cabinetA cupboard, a stand, a display case — any closed box for things. The refrigerator Thai calls a "cold cupboard"
- หน้า ต่างнаа таангwindowLiterally "face of the house": naa is the face and the front side. The same naa returns in "next month" — Thai sees the future in front
- ประ ตูпра тууdoorAny door: of a house, a car, a lift. "Open" is the familiar poet, "close" is pit — both suit the door
- กุญ แจкун джэkeyA word from Khmer, like half the household vocabulary. The car keys are the same kunjae
- โคม ไฟкхом файlampLiterally "lantern of fire": khom is a lantern, fai is fire. To switch on is the familiar poet, to switch off is pit
- น้ำ ร้อนнам ронhot waterLiterally "water hot": the quality follows the word, as always. "Tap water" is naam plao — "plain water", familiar from the cafe
- ไฟ ฟ้าфай фааelectricityLiterally "fire-lightning". In everyday speech Thais say simply fai: fai lom — the lights went out
- ขยะкхайаtrash; garbageTrash and dirt in general. The trash bin is a "vat of trash", assembled from the familiar bag thung and this word
- กวาด บ้านкват банhousecleaning; sweepingLiterally "sweep the house": cleaning in Thai is an action, not a thing. Washing the floors is said with another verb, laang
- ซัก ผ้าсак пхааlaundry (washing)Literally "wash fabric": phaa is any fabric and clothing. The laundromat is a "washing shop", from the familiar raan
- จานчаанdish; dishesBoth a plate and dishes at once: Thai does not mark the number here. "Wash the dishes" is "wash plates", the same word
- ผ้า เช็ด ตัวпхаа чет туаtowelLiterally "cloth to wipe the body": three words glued into one, and each is already familiar. For hands there is "cloth to wipe the face"
- สบู่сабууsoapFrom the French savon — the word's journey is longer than the goods'. A bar of soap is counted in pieces, and that word will arrive later
- เพื่อน บ้านпхиуан банneighborLiterally "friend of the house": the neighbor in Thai is a companion to begin with. Quarreling with neighbors is not the custom here — village culture lives on in the city
- เจ้า ของ คอน โดчао кхонг кхон доlandlord; condo ownerLiterally "owner of the condo": chao khong is an owner in general, of a shop and of a car alike. In speech it is shortened to a quick chao khong
- เช่า บ้านчау банto rent; rentalLiterally "rent a house": one word both for the rent and for renting. The landlord "rents out" with the same verb, from the other side of the phrase
- สัญญาсанйаcontractA contract about anything: a rental, a job, a phone. It is read before the signature — by Thais and by you
- เงิน มัด จำнгын мат джамdeposit; security paymentLiterally "binding money": it is paid in advance to "tie" the agreement. In a listing they write the English "deposit"
- ค่า ไฟкхаа файelectricity billLiterally "payment for fire", that is, for light. There is no single bill here: water is paid separately, and that is "payment for water"
- ซ่อม แซมсоом сэмrepair; renovationRepair and fixing: som is to fix, saem boosts it. Building anew is the familiar verb "build" — different words
- เสียง ดังсианг дангnoisy; loudLiterally "sound loud": siang is a sound, dang is loud and famous. The quality follows the noun, as always
- ไม่ ทำ งานмай тхам нганnot working (of a device)Literally "does not do work" — about a fan, a lift, a lock. No word "appliance" is needed: Thai speaks of refusal with a verb
- พัง แล้วпханг лаэоit brokeLiterally "broken already": laeo brings it to a result. A complaint and an explanation in one — this is how Thais talk about machines
- รั่วруаto leakIt leaks where it should not: a roof, a tap, a hose. The same sound lives in the word "hole", and that is no accident
- เรียก ช่าง มาриак чаанг маcall a repairmanLiterally "call the craftsman here": chaang is a master of a trade, called by his craft. There is no general word for a jack-of-all-trades
- จะ มา เมื่อไหร่ча ма мыарайwhen will you come?Literally "come when?": the question word at the end is a Thai habit. Muarai, "when", shares its root with "yesterday"
- เปิด ไม่ ได้пёт май дайI cannot open itLiterally "open not-can": "cannot do" is built with the verb plus mai dai. Who cannot — the deed makes clear
- ต้มтомto boil; to simmer; to heatTo boil, to stew, to reheat — about food and water on the stove. Thai keeps no separate "reheat": the soup is tom and that is that
- สวนсуанgarden; parkGarden and park at once: the zoo is literally a "garden of animals". By ear it is near the word "part" from "discount"
- เตาтаоstove; cookerA hearth, an oven and a cooker at once: tao is where the fire burns. By ear near "foot" and "gray" — the tone and the place decide
- ตู้ เย็นтуу йенrefrigerator; fridgeLiterally "cold cupboard": both words are old acquaintances. Thai saw in the refrigerator simply a cold cupboard — and was not wrong
- กล่องклонгbox; cartonA falling tone. By ear it coincides with the drum — the tone and the talk tell them apart; the parcel box is this word too
- หลัง คาланг кхааroofLiterally "back of the tiles": the same lang as in "the back" and "after meals". The roof is the back of the house — honest logic
- ผนังпханангwall (inner)The inner wall of a room; the outer stone one is another word — signs hang on it, not pictures
- ห้อง นอนхонг нонbedroomLiterally "sleep room": assembled from familiar halves, like the bathroom. In a Thai house the bedroom is the quietest room
- ลาน บ้านлаан банyard; house groundsLiterally "ground of the house": the same lan as the city "square". The yard in front of the house and behind it — both are this word
- เพดานпхэдаанceilingThe pair of the floor: "from floor to ceiling" Thais say with this pair of words. In a Thai house the ceiling is often high
- ประ ตู รั้วпра туу руаgateLiterally "door of the fence": there is no separate word for a gate — the same door, only specified
- รั้วруаfenceA falling tone, by ear it coincides with "leak" — the talk tells them apart. A fence in Thailand is more often alive: bushes and bamboo
- โรง รถронг ротgarageLiterally "house for the car": the same rong as in the hotel. The parking by the mall is this word too
- ตู้ จด หมายтуу джот маайmailbox; letterboxLiterally "cupboard of letters": the same tuu as in the ATM. The postman puts letters and parcel slips into it
- ชั้น ใต้ ดินчан тай динbasement; ground floorLiterally "floor under the ground": chan, "floor", you know from the house, and the earth — from sky and earth. The underground parking is this word too
- ล้าง จานлаанг чаанto wash the dishesLiterally "wash the plates": the same wash as "washing" in general, and the same plate. A dishwasher is a rarity here
- กวาด พื้นкват пхынto sweep the floorLiterally "sweep the floor": the same sweep as in housecleaning, and a new friend — the floor. The floor in a Thai house is washed every day
- ซักсакto wash (clothes)The same wash as in "wash clothes" of the past wave, now with one word: "wash a shirt"
- รีดритto ironOne syllable, a mid tone: one irons only laundry; a cat is stroked with another word. Thais iron almost everything, even jeans
- ทำ อาหาร เย็นтхам ахан йенto cook dinnerAssembled wholly from familiar words: "make evening food". Who cooks dinner today is a question of peace in the family
- เอา ขยะ ไป ทิ้งао кхайа пай тхингto take out the trashLiterally "carry the trash away to throw": the last word is both to drop and to throw away. Trash in Thailand is sorted into bags
- เครื่อง ดูด ฝุ่นкхрыанг дуут фунvacuum cleanerLiterally "machine to suck dust": khryueang is an apparatus, as in the printer. A long word, but it assembles from three honest halves
- แปรงпрэнгbrushA brush in general: for the floor, shoes, hair. The toothbrush will be this word plus "tooth" — which you know
- ถังтхангbucket; pailA bucket and a vat in general. The trash bucket is the trash word — which you know; by ear near "bag" — the vowel is longer
- เตา รีดтао ритiron (tool)Literally "stove to iron": the same tao as the kitchen cooker, and the ironing from this lesson. All honest: the iron really is hot
- ช่วยчуайto helpThe same word as "help!" from the first lessons: in a request it stands before the verb. The softener is "a little"
- ปิด ประ ตูпит пра тууclose the doorAssembled from "closed" and "door": both words yours for a long time. Add "can" at the end and you get "do please"
- เปิด หน้า ต่างпёт наа таангopen the windowLiterally "open the face of the house": the same switch-on word, and the same window from home. To air out is exactly "open the windows"
- ส่ง ให้ หน่อยсонг хай нойpass it to me, pleaseLiterally "send me a little": at the table salt and sauce are passed so. The middle word is "give to someone", which you saw in the wishes
- เงียบ หน่อยнгияп нойquiet, please; hushLiterally "quiet a little": the quiet word is both "quiet" and "silence". With it one also asks to hush, so the tone decides everything
- เช่า คอน โดчау кхон доto rent (an apartment)Literally "rent the condo": the familiar rent plus the condo. An apartment in a Thai city is almost always a condo
- ให้ เช่าхай чауto let; to rent outLiterally "give for rent": the same give as in "pass it to me". One pair of words, two sides of the deal — who takes and who gives
- สัญญา เช่าсанйа чауrental contract; leaseLiterally "contract of renting": both halves familiar. It is signed usually for a year, with extension
- ค่า เช่าкхаа чауrent (payment)Literally "payment for renting": the same khaa as in the bills. The utilities are usually not included — counted separately
- ระยะ เว ลา เช่าрайа ве лаа чауlease term; rental periodLiterally "stretch of time of renting": the first word is an interval. In the contract it is the first line after the names
- นาย หน้าнай нааreal-estate agentLiterally "front master": the middleman who stands in front of the deal. A broker and an agent are called the same
- ดู คอน โดдуу кхон доviewing (of an apartment)Literally "look at the condo": a verb instead of a noun, like "renting" itself. One goes to a viewing with the agent
- คอน โด มี เฟอร์кхон до ми фёрfurnished apartmentLiterally "the condo has furniture": foer is the short form of the furniture word. Listings write it the same way, in two words
- เข้า อยู่кхао юto move inLiterally "enter and live": two familiar verbs. The move-in date in the contract is "the day of entering-living"
- ย้าย ออกйаай оокto move outLiterally "move outward": the pair of "move in". Before moving out the condo is shown to the landlord — a check
- การ ย้ายкан йаайmove; relocationLiterally "the moving": kan makes a notion of the verb "to relocate". A move in Thai is any relocation to a new place
- ย้าย บ้านйаай банto move house; to relocateLiterally "relocate the house": it is the house that moves, not the person — that is how Thai sees it. Moving to another city is said with the same verb
- คน ยก ของкхон йок кхонгmover; porter (of things)Literally "person lifting things": a profession from three familiar words. Thai keeps no separate word for a mover
- ใส่ กล่องсай клонгto pack (into boxes)Literally "put into the box": the familiar box makes the verb. Packing in Thai is always about boxes
- แกะ กล่องгэ клонгto unpackLiterally "peel the box": the first word is to unwrap, to peel. By ear near "fix" — the tone tells them apart
- ที่ อยู่ ใหม่ти ю майnew addressLiterally "place to live new": the familiar address plus "new". A change of address in Thailand is reported to the district office
- รถ ขน ของрот кхон кхонгmoving service; moving van (with movers)Literally "car carrying things": the verb is to transport. The service is named just so; the price is by bargain
- จัด บ้านджат банto set up (a home); to arrange the houseLiterally "arrange the house": the first word is to put in order. To set up means to put everything in its place — and it is literal
- ชินчинto get used (to a place)One syllable: one gets used to a house, a city and a person alike. Thais would add "little by little" — step by step
- เฟอร์ นิ เทอร์фёр ни тёрfurnitureFrom the English furniture, as in English. In speech Thais almost always cut it to the first syllable
- โซฟาсофааsofa; couchFrom the English sofa, two syllables with long "o" and "a". The armchair never entered Thai separately — it is named through the sofa
- เก้า อี้ ตัว เดี่ยวгао и туа диаоarmchair; single chairLiterally "chair single": the familiar chair plus "one", as in traveling alone. A soft chair-bed in a condo is often the sofa itself
- ชั้น วาง ของчан ваанг кхонгshelfLiterally "floor for things": the same chan as the floor of a house. The bookshelf is the same, simply with books
- พรมпхромcarpet; rugOne syllable: a carpet in general, wall or floor. In hot Bangkok a carpet is a rarity, and the word is heard less than furniture
- กระจกкраджокmirror; glassOne word for both the mirror and the glass: a window is "wall glass". In the bathroom the mirror is usually over the sink
- ม่านмаанcurtain; drapeOne syllable: a curtain and a drape, in the theater too. By ear near "come" — the vowel length tells them apart
- หมอนмонpillow; cushionOne syllable, a mid tone: a pillow under the head and a decorative cushion. They lie on the bed and on the sofa alike — one word for all
- ผ้า ห่มпхаа хомblanket; duvetLiterally "cloth of wrapping": the verb is "to wrap" — the same as in the hug. In Bangkok a blanket is needed only under the air conditioner
- โคม ไฟ แขวนкхом фай кхвэнchandelier; hanging lampLiterally "hanging lamp": the familiar lamp plus "to hang". In a condo a chandelier is a rarity; usually an ordinary lamp
- สี ทา บ้านси таа банpaintLiterally "color for brushing the house": the familiar color plus the verb "to brush on". Paint and color in Thai are one family of words
- ทา สี ผนังтаа си пханангto paint the wallsLiterally "brush color onto the wall": the word order is straight, as in life. Hair is dyed with another verb
- วอล เปเปอร์вон пепёрwallpaperThe English wallpaper, said as spelled: Thais speak so, there is no native word. In Thai houses the walls are more often painted
- กระเบื้องкрабыангtileOne syllable with a cluster in the middle: floor and wall tile are the same. In Thailand it is laid everywhere there is water
- ไข ควงкхай кхуангscrewdriverLiterally "un-screwer": the same verb as in the lock key. The Phillips and the flat one are told apart by the word "cross"
- เครื่อง เจาะкхрыанг джорdrillLiterally "machine to drill": the same apparatus as in the printer. The verb "drill" at the end is a typical assembly for tools
- ท่อтхоpipeOne syllable, a long "o": a water pipe and a drain pipe alike. By ear near "she" — the initial consonant tells them apart
- หลอด ไฟ ขาดлорот фай кхаатthe bulb has burned outLiterally "the fire bulb has snapped": the bulb word and the snap — like a thread. To replace is the familiar change
- เครื่อง ทำ ความ ร้อนкхрыанг тхам кхуам ронheater; heating applianceLiterally "machine to make heat": Thailand has no central heating — only a water heater in the shower. The word lives in this sense
- ปรับ ปรุง บ้านпра прунг банto renovate; to do renovationsLiterally "tune-renew the house": a big renovation, not fixing a tap. Both roots are "to tune" and "to improve"
- มิ เตอร์ми тетmeter (utility)The English meter: the water and electricity meter are called so. In a condo it usually sits in a little cupboard by the entrance
- เลข มิ เตอร์леп ми тетmeter readingLiterally "digits of the meter": the first word is digits, a number. The readings are taken once a month and sent into the app
- ค่า น้ำкхаа намwater billLiterally "payment for water": both words familiar. Hot water in a Thai city comes from a boiler; the bill is counted by the cold
- ค่า ไฟ ฟ้าкхаа фай фааelectricity billLiterally "payment for electricity": the full form, three words. The air conditioner eats the most — the bill grows from it
- น้ำ ไม่ ไหลнам май лайthe water is off; water outageLiterally "the water does not flow": the last word is "to flow", as a river. Thai names no culprit — the water simply stopped flowing
- ถัง ขยะтханг кхайаtrash bin; garbage binLiterally "vat of trash": the familiar vat plus trash. Sorting in a condo is done by bags: food separately
- ทาง เข้าтаанг кхаоentrance; entryway (of a building)Literally "way of entering": Thai does not single out a stairwell — it is simply the entrance. Meetings by the house are always "at the entrance"
- อิน เตอร์ โฟนин тёр фонintercomFrom the English intercom: a handset by the door and a button on the panel. A video intercom is the same, only with the "video" prefix
- เสียง รบ กวนсианг роб куанnoise (from neighbors)Literally "sound that disturbs": the tail word is to disturb, to bother. To complain to a neighbor politely is to say exactly "the sound that disturbs"
- กฎ ของ คอน โดкот кхонг кхон доhouse rulesLiterally "law of the condo": the first word is a rule, a law. They hang by the entrance: about dogs, smoking and quiet
- เตา อบтао опovenLiterally "stove-bake": both words familiar — the cooker and the bake. An oven in Thai is not a separate appliance but a stove with a role
- เตา ไมโครเวฟтао майкхровэфmicrowave (oven)The English microwave in the Thai manner, attached to the familiar stove. Reheating in it is the same warm verb: "warm in the microwave"
- ที่ ขูดти кхуутgraterLiterally "for scraping": the place word turns a verb into a thing, as in the charger and the parking. The verb is to scrape with effort — the sound of the word fits
- ทัพพีтхаппхииladleIt came from the Portuguese, a live aspirated consonant. To ladle soup is one verb, but the word for the ladle itself is said more often than the verb
- ฝา ปิดфаа питlid; coverLiterally "lid-closing": the first word is a lid in general, the second the familiar close. Without the specification the first word is simply a lid — usually enough
- เขียงкиангcutting boardA diphthong, a live syllable. By ear do not confuse with "write" — one final letter, but different things
- ผ้า กัน เปื้อนпхаа кан пыынapronLiterally "cloth against stains": the same scheme as in the sunscreen and the cold jacket — the middle word means "guards against". You already know two things built this way
- ผ้า ปู โต๊ะпхаа пуу тоtableclothLiterally "cloth to lay on the table": the first word is to spread and to pave — the same as in "lay the floor". The whole description of the thing is inside its name
- เครื่อง ปั่นкхрыанг панblenderLiterally "machine to whirl": the apparatus word makes a device of a verb — the scheme you saw in the vacuum cleaner and the air conditioner. The whirl word also means "to pedal"
- กล่อง ใส่ อาหารклонг сай аханfood container; lunchboxLiterally "box to put food": all words familiar. In Thailand such a container is taken along to lunch more often than food is reheated in a cafe
- หวีвииcombOne live syllable, a falling tone. The hair brush Thais call "brush-comb" — do not mix the two objects up
- มีด โกน หนวดмиит кон нуатrazor; shaverLiterally "knife of shaving the whiskers": two familiar words, and the third is the shaving verb. The electric razor is called with the same word
- แชมพูчампхууshampooFrom the English shampoo, live consonants. The conditioner is the "cream-smoothener", not a second shampoo
- กรรไกรканкхрайscissorsThe first syllable has no vowel — said "kan". The word is about two blades at once, like the English scissors: it has no number
- เข็มкхэмneedle (sewing)The same needle as in the belt — Thais named the belt after its buckle-needle. The eye of the needle is the "ear of the needle", as in English
- ด้ายдаайthreadA live syllable, a long sound, a falling tone. Do not confuse by ear with the scold word — there one syllable without the glide
- ทิ้งтхингto throw awayThe same throw as in "take out the trash" — here without the specification. A live aspirated consonant, a falling tone
- เก็บ ไว้кеп вайto keep; to storeLiterally "gather and leave": the leave after the verb means "leave in place". To keep in the refrigerator is said with the fridge
- เครื่อง ซัก ผ้าкхрыанг сак пхааwashing machineLiterally "machine to wash cloth": all three words familiar — the apparatus from the vacuum cleaner, the wash from the laundromat, the cloth from this lesson. So Thais name appliances — by the work
- เครื่อง ล้าง จานкхрыанг лаанг чаанdishwasherLiterally "machine to wash plates": the washing of plates is the familiar household chore, now become an appliance. Rare in Thai apartments; everyone knows the word
- ช่อง แช่ แข็งчонг чэ кхэнгfreezer (compartment)Literally "compartment to freeze": the first word is to keep in the cold, the second the familiar "hard". The refrigerator whole is the cold cupboard; the freezer is its compartment
- พัดลมпхатломfan; ventilatorLiterally "fan-wind": both syllables live. The fan in Thailand is the chief appliance of the house; the air conditioner is short for the English
- ฮีต เตอร์хит тёрheater (portable)A substitution: the make-heat phrase is taken by "heating", and the little portable heater Thais call with the English word. The initial letter is an h without aspiration
- ไดร เป่า ผมдрай пао пхомhair dryerLiterally "dry to blow the hair": three words, two of them familiar. Hotels always have one — asked exactly so
- ปลั๊ก ต่อ พ่วงплак тхёр пхуангextension cordLiterally "plug towing along": the plug is familiar, and the tail is "towing". The outlet-extension in a Thai house is one for the whole room
- สวิตช์свитlight switchThe English switch in Thai letters; the final letter is silent. In Thai homes the switch is often by the door on the outside — do not forget it
- สกรูсакрууscrewThe English screw in Thai letters. The nail you know; the screw differs by the thread, and the word differs whole
- ประแจпраджэwrenchA word from the Portuguese. The door key you know; the wrench is another word, and Thai does not mix them
- คีมкхиимpliers; pincersA word from Chinese, a live syllable with a long vowel. Like the English scissors, the word is about two jaws at once — it has no number
- เทป หุ้ม สาย ไฟтэп хум саай файinsulating tape; electrical tapeLiterally "tape to wind the wire": all parts describe the work. In Thailand insulation tape holds half the house — a frequent word
- กาวкаоglueOne live syllable, an even tone. The super glue is the "tiger-brand glue" — the best-known brand became a common name
- เทป กาวтэп каоtape; sticky tapeLiterally "tape-glue": the insulation tape is for wires, this for boxes — the first word tells them apart. Double-sided is "two-sided glue tape"
- เชือกчыэкrope; cordA diphthong, a dead syllable. The clothesline is for drying; the shoelace is already the lace word — different
- แปะпэto stick on; to pasteA live syllable, a falling tone. A word about light sticking: a plaster, a sticker, a stamp. To glue fast is said with the glue — that is already about glue
- ขันкханto screw in; to tighten (a screw)A live aspirated consonant, a falling tone. You saw the word in the humor — there "to stir", here "to screw in"; in writing it is one word
- วัด ขนาดват кханаатto measureThe word is a twin: you know it as the temple, and here it is "to measure" — the tone tells them apart. The size word makes the phrase "measure the size"
- ซ่อม เองсоом энгto fix things oneselfThe fix is yours from the appliances lesson; the self at the end means "oneself, without other hands". The English "with my own hands" is not needed in Thai — the self suffices
- ฝัก บัวфак буаshowerLiterally "lotus pod": the shower head looks like a lotus seedpod, and the Thai named it so. To bathe takes the bathe-water verb; the shower itself is the pod
- นาฬิกา ปลุกнааликаа плукalarm clockLiterally "clock of waking": the waking is to wake and to call to duty at once. The clock word lives in wristwatches too
- เครื่อง วัด ไข้кхрыанг ват кхайthermometerLiterally "device for measuring fever": the fever is your temperature word. The name is again the user manual
- เครื่อง ปิ้ง ขนม ปังкхрыанг пинг кханом панtoasterLiterally "machine for grilling bread": the grilling is over a flame. Assembled from familiar words: machine, grill, bread
- เครื่อง เย็บ ผ้าкхрыанг йеп пхааsewing machineLiterally "machine for sewing cloth": the sew and the cloth are both yours. The tailor from an earlier wave works at exactly this machine
- ฐาน รากтхаан раакfoundationLiterally "base-root": the foundation of a house and the basis of a business at once. The root is a tree's root, you know it — here the house has the root
- งาน ตก แต่งнган ток тэнгfinishing work; decorLiterally "work of decorating": finishing — plaster, tile, paint. You know the decorating of the house — here is its noun
- หย่อนйонto drop in; to slip downTo lower something small down: a letter into the box, a coin into the machine. The tone falls, the syllable is live
- ดันданto pushTo push away from oneself: a table, a cupboard, a door. The pair of the familiar deung, "pull" — Thai separates where you move it
- หล่นлонto drop (from hands)To let slip from the hands: "the phone lon" — fell from the hands. The familiar tok, "fall", is about any fall; this one is about the hands
- เก็บкепto pick up; to tidyTo pick up and put away: something spilled, something scattered. You saw it in kep hong — "tidy the room"
- ห้อยхойto hangTo hang so that it dangles: laundry, a towel, a keychain. The familiar khwaen, "hang", is about a picture on the wall
- หยิบйипto take off (a shelf)To grab and take off: a glass off the shelf, a book off the rack. A short one-handed motion, a falling tone
- พับпхапto foldTo fold in two: clothes, paper, an umbrella. A mid tone, a live syllable — a short word for a short motion
- เรียงриангto arrange; to line upTo lay out in order: plates, letters, books. From it comes riang kham — "put the words in order"
- แกะ ของ ขวัญгэ кхонг кхуанto unwrapLiterally "take apart the present": gae is the same word as "goat" and "to unpack". The context tells them apart
- เปิด ออกпёт оокto open up; to fling openThe familiar poet, "open", plus ok, "out": to fling open a window or a door. A plain "open" is one poet
- ปิด ลงпит лонгto close downThe familiar pit, "closed", plus long, "down": closed for good — about a shop, a till, a season. About a door — one pit
- ล็อกлокto lock (with a latch)A borrowing from English lock: to click the latch shut. Locking with a key is done differently — with the next word of the lesson
- ไขкхайto unlock; to turn (a key)To turn the key: almost always with kunjae — khai kunjae. With the same word Thai "screws in" a bulb
- เปิด โคม ไฟпёт кхоом файto switch on the lightThai "opens" the light — with the same poet as the door; khom fai is the lamp. You know poet fai — "switch on"
- ปิด โคม ไฟпит кхоом файto switch off the lightThe pair of "switch on": the familiar pit, "closed", plus the lamp. The classic bedtime request — kon non, "before sleep"
- กดкотto press; to push (a button)To press with a finger: a button, a bell, the lift. You saw it in "pom kot mai dai" — "the button will not press"
- หมุน จับ ประ ตูмын джап пра тууto turn the handleLiterally "turn the door's grip": jap pratuu is the door handle, from the familiar jap, "catch". The familiar mun does the turning
- เคาะкхоto knockTo knock with the knuckles: at a door, on a table, on a watermelon. A mid tone, a live syllable — a short knock and a short word
- กด กริ่งкот крингto ring the doorbellLiterally "press the bell": the doorbell in Thai is not "rung" but pressed. The receiver meanwhile is rap — "taken"
- ขอบ ประ ตูкхоп пра тууdoorstep; door edgeLiterally "edge of the door": the Thai house does not know a threshold, and "threshold" lives as the edge of the doorway. Khop, "edge", you have met
- มือ จับ ประ ตูмы джап пра тууdoor handleLiterally "hand-grip of the door": mue, "hand", and jap, "catch", you know. "Turn the handle" you have already said with a whole phrase
- แม่ กุญ แจмэ кун джэdoor lockLiterally "mother of the key": Thai feels the lock as the key's mother — the one who holds it. The kunjae, "key", you know
- กริ่ง ประ ตูкринг пра тууdoorbellLiterally "bell of the door": kring is the little bell itself, you saw it in the chunk "press the bell". The bell is not "rung" in Thai but pressed
- ขอบ หน้า ต่างкхоп наа таангwindowsillLiterally "edge of the window": like the doorstep, assembled from an "edge". Naa thaang, "window", you know from the first house lessons
- ผ้า ม่านпхаа маанcurtainLiterally "cloth of the curtain": maan is that very curtain, and phaa is "fabric, cloth" — the one in "towel" too
- ไฟ หัว เตียงфай хуа тиангbedside lamp; night-lightLiterally "light of the head of the bed": a night-light in Thai is not "night" but the one standing by the headboard. Hua, "head", and tiang, "bed", you know
- อ่าง ล้าง หน้าаанг лаанг нааwashbasin; sinkLiterally "basin of face-washing": Thai assembles the name from the deed. This is the bathroom basin; the kitchen one is named its own way
- อ่าง อาบ น้ำаанг аап намbathtubLiterally "basin of bathing": aap naam, "to bathe", you know. A bathtub in a Thai house is a rarity; more often a shower — a difference of houses, not of words
- ชัก โครกчак кхрокtoiletA colloquial word whole; the khrok came from English closet. In speech you hear only it — the bookish version is longer
- สาย ยางсай йаангhoseLiterally "rubber line": saai is "a line, a wire", yaang is "rubber" — and it is waiting for you in this same course in the materials lesson
How it sounds in a sentence
A word list is a blank. Conversation is made of sentences, and these are the ones the words fit into most often.
- กลับ บ้านклап банHome (I am returning home)
- คอน โด ใกล้ รถ เมล์кхон до клай рот мэThe condo is close to the bus
- ที่ พัก ใกล้ เมืองти пхак клай мыангThe lodging is close to the city
- บ้าน มี สาม ห้องбан ми сам хонгThe house has three rooms
- แม่ ทำ อาหาร ใน ครัวмэ тхам ахан наи кхруаMom cooks in the kitchen
- ห้อง น้ำ อยู่ ที่ไหนхонг нам ю тинайWhere is the bathroom?
What is worth knowing about these words
บ้าน (бан) — house; home. The house, and home in the sense of homeland: khon baan — "a person of the house", one's own folk. Thai says klap ban, "return home", every evening.
คอน โด (кхон до) — apartment; condo. English condominium, the everyday Thai word for an apartment in a high-rise. A separate dwelling is baan, "house" — a difference in price, not in style.
ที่ พัก (ти пхак) — lodging. Literally "place to live": phak is to stop over and to live. It names both housing and a night's lodging on the road.
ห้อง (хонг) — room. Any room and premises: add a word and you get the name of the room. Its classifier is hong itself.
Test yourself
Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than recognizing a familiar word — and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “house; home” in Thai?
The house, and home in the sense of homeland: khon baan — "a person of the house", one's own folk. Thai says klap ban, "return home", every evening
- How do you say “floor; story” in Thai?
Floor, layer, class — one word about levels. "I am on the third floor" is yu chan saam: the number goes right after the word
- How do you say “window” in Thai?
Literally "face of the house": naa is the face and the front side. The same naa returns in "next month" — Thai sees the future in front
- How do you say “housecleaning; sweeping” in Thai?
Literally "sweep the house": cleaning in Thai is an action, not a thing. Washing the floors is said with another verb, laang
- How do you say “to rent; rental” in Thai?
Literally "rent a house": one word both for the rent and for renting. The landlord "rents out" with the same verb, from the other side of the phrase
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
Room, key, water, electricity. You will need them on your first day in a rented flat.
A list is read in a minute and forgotten in a day. What works: hide the translation, try to recall, get it wrong — and come back to the same words tomorrow.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- Study spread over days wins not only in experiments but in ordinary classrooms, with real students.checked many timesMawson & Kang, 2025, Behavioral Sciences 15(6):771 · 22 studies, d = 0.54 (confidence interval 0.31–0.77). The authors warn that individual studies disagree widely.
Frequently asked
How do you say “house; home” in Thai?
«บ้าน», read “бан”. The house, and home in the sense of homeland: khon baan — "a person of the house", one's own folk. Thai says klap ban, "return home", every evening. It is one of 193 words in the set “home and things” — the rest are in the table above.
How many household words do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 193 words, but there is no need to start with all of it: the words you will need in the next few days are enough. Take them a few at a time — five to seven new ones per session.