Shopping and money in Thai
83 words in Thai on the topic “shopping and money”: ยูโร — euro, เท่า ไหร่? — how much is it?, ร้าน ค้า — shop; store, ตลาด — market.
83 words on the topic
- ยูโรйуроeuroThe euro does not circulate in Thailand: the currency is the baht, and the prices of the course will be in baht. The word is for talking about Europe and about prices back home
- เท่า ไหร่?тао рай?how much is it?Literally "equal to how much?". At the market one word attached to the thing is enough: kafae thao rai — "coffee how much?"
- ร้าน ค้าран кхаshop; storeThe same raan, "shop", as in the restaurant and coffeehouse, plus khaa, "to trade". The little shop by the house Thais call exactly this — raan lung, "uncle's shop"
- ตลาดталатmarketThe word comes from an ancient "place of trade", and it lives in street names too. The morning market lives until noon, the night one from sunset — two different talats
- แผงпхэнгstall; counterA separate trading stall at the market — a phaeng. It argues by ear with phaeng, "expensive": only the tone tells them apart, and the stall's rises
- คน ขายкхон кхаайsellerLiterally "person sell": who does what, Thai names through khon. A woman who sells is said with the same word
- คน ซื้อкхон сыbuyer; customerLiterally "person buy" — the pair of the seller. The buyer buys; do not swap the two at translation
- ตา ชั่งта чангscalesLiterally "eye-weighing": it is the seller who weighs, and his glance has a role here. To weigh is the same chang
- กิโลкилоkilo; kilogramThe short form of "kilogram". Half a kilo is khrueng kilo, and "one and a half" is the other way round — kilo khrueng: the half jumps to the end
- สดсатfresh; rawOne word for freshness and for raw: phak sot — fresh vegetables. The same sot names cash — "fresh" money
- สุกсукripe; cooked; readyRipe, cooked, done — one root: a mango suk and rice suk are made the same way. The unripe is a different word, dip
- ป้าย ราคาпаай ракхааprice tagLiterally "plate of the price": raka is the price, and pai is any plate and sign. At the market there may be no tag — the price is asked
- ส่วน ลดсуан лотdiscountLiterally "part of a reduction": lot is to reduce, and with the same word the price is asked down at the market — lot dai mai
- รวม เท่า ไหร่?руам тао рай?how much altogether?Literally "altogether how much?" — about the whole purchase at once. About one thing the familiar thao rai is enough
- นี่ แพงний пхэнгthis is expensiveLiterally "this expensive": nii is the demonstrative "this", the one in thi nii — "here". The haggle opens with exactly this phrase
- ลด ได้ ไหมлот дай майcan it be cheaper?Literally "reduce can or not?" — the same request frame as dai mai. At the market haggling is proper; in the mall the price is one
- เอา อัน นี้ао ан нийI will take thisLiterally "take this": ao is "take", an is the classifier for things. The refusal is mai ao — a lesson of its own
- ไม่ เอาмай аоI don't want itThe polite refusal in a shop: mai ao khrap. Thai builds no separate "I don't need it": "I am not taking" is enough
- ร้าน ชำран чамgrocery shopA little shop of "a bit of everything": grain, sauces, soap. The word cham means "loose" — there things are sold not in packs
- ตะ กร้าта крааbasketA woven or plastic shopping basket. The supermarket trolley is called with the same word
- คิวкхиуqueue; lineEnglish queue. "To stand in line" is ro khiu — literally "wait queue". A word from Bangkok life: there is a queue everywhere here
- แคช เชียร์кхэт шиаcash register; cashierEnglish cashier — both the till and the cashier are named with it. It is simpler to ask "where does one pay?", but the word is useful
- ถุงтхунгbagAny sack: the shop bag and the rice sack are both thung. Everything is bagged here, even soup
- เปิดпётopenBoth "open" and "switched on": the lamp is poet with the same word. The opening hours are asked as "the shop opens at what strike?"
- ปิดпитclosedThe pair of poet: both "closed" and "switched off". "The shop is closed already" is raan pit laeo
- เลือกлыакto choose; to selectTo choose attentively, sorting through. "I will choose myself" Thai says with a single eng at the end of the phrase
- ขนาดкханаатsizeSize in general: of a room, a city, a trouble. About clothing size people more often say the English "size"
- รับ ประ กันрап пра канwarranty; guaranteeLiterally "accept the insurance": the shop warrants the goods. The warranty term is specified by a number: two years, one year
- ส่ง สิน ค้า กลับсонг син кхаа клапto return goods; product returnLiterally "send the goods back": three familiar verbs in one turn. In an online shop the return has a deadline
- โฆษณาкосанааadvertising; adThe first syllable starts with a voiceless sound English lacks: the tongue is near "k" and the air escapes. An official word, of TV air and of the street
- คลิป โฆษณาклип косанааad clip; commercialLiterally "clip-advertisement": the clip is any short video; Thais say it more often than the video word. A clip under thirty seconds on TV is named exactly so
- แบรนด์брэнbrandThe English brand; the final consonant is voiceless. To ask about the make of a thing is "brand what?"
- โล โก้ло коlogoThe English logo; the second syllable with a high tone. In speech it is said more often than the full "logo" word — exactly as with us
- ลด ราคาлот ракхааsale; price cutLiterally "lower the price": the familiar reduce from "discount" and the price. The big sales in Thailand are mid-year and New Year
- ข้อ เสนอ ดีкхо сэнё диgood offer; bargainThe same offer as at work, plus a plain "good". The seller will call anything a bargain — the word is his, not yours
- เทียบ ราคาтиап ракхааto compare pricesLiterally "make the prices equal": the verb compares anything — prices, your letter with another's. Before a big purchase Thais do exactly that — in two or three shops
- ห่อхоpacket; packA word about the wrapped: a pack of cookies, a sachet of noodles, a bundle. The verb "to wrap" is the same — Thai does not split them
- กระจก หน้า ต่างкраджок наа таангglass (material)A substitution: the plain word is taken by "mirror", and about glass as a material Thais speak with the same word plus a specification — "window glass". A glass made of glass is the familiar glass word
- โลหะлохаmetalA bookish and long word: the first syllable is metal as a material, and the tail is a silent attachment to the syllable. In daily life people name the metal: iron, gold
- พลาสติกпхаастикplastic (material)The English plastic, a live aspirated consonant. A bag is a "plastic bag", and in Thailand they are now handed out reluctantly
- กระดาษкрадаатpaperThe first syllable is the same diminutive prefix. A sheet of paper has its classifier, but more often sheets are simply counted with words
- ทน ทานтхон таанdurable; sturdyLiterally "bear-endure": the same bear as in the patient heart. Durable is what has endured much — Thai and English built the word the same way
- มี คุณภาพми кхунапхаапhigh-qualityLiterally "has quality": to have plus quality — the same respectful word as in "you". In ads and on labels — exactly this
- ห้างхаангmall; department storeA short word instead of the long department-store name. In Thailand the mall is also a refuge from the heat: people go there to live their weekends
- หน้า ร้านнаа ранshop window; storefrontLiterally "face of the shop": both words familiar. "Walk and look at shop windows" is a favorite pastime in the rain
- พนักงาน เก็บ เงินпханаккан кеп нгынcashierLiterally "employee gathering money": all words familiar. The till is the "point of gathering money", built the same way
- การ ซื้อкан сыpurchase; shoppingLiterally "buying": the frame turns the familiar buy into the name of the action. The verb itself sounds short — a quick live syllable
- บัตร สมาชิกбат сомачиикmembership card; loyalty cardLiterally "card of the member": the member is the same as in the subscription. At the till they ask exactly this: "do you have a member card?"
- ห่อ ของ ขวัญхо кхонг кхуанgift wrappingLiterally "wrap a present": the verb and the object in one word. At the till they ask: "wrap it as a present?"
- รถ เข็น สิน ค้าрот кхэн син кхааshopping cart; trolleyA substitution: the trolley you know from the airport, and in the mall it is called with the specification "for goods", so as not to mix it with the luggage one. Both words familiar
- เปลี่ยน ของплиан кхонгto exchange (goods)Literally "change things": both words familiar. To exchange for something goes through "become"
- ขอ คืน เงินкхо кхуэн нгынto request a refundLiterally "ask the money back": all words familiar. A refund without a receipt is almost impossible — hence the slip later in the lesson
- ชำรุดчамрутdefective; faultyA word of listings and claims: broken, damaged, but not shattered to pieces. In live speech people more often say the broken-down word
- ไซซ์ ไม่ พอ ดีсай май пхо диthe size did not fitThe size is the English size in Thai letters, and the fit you know from "fits just right". The chief phrase of a clothing return
- เก็บ สลิปкеп слипto keep the receiptLiterally "gather the receipt": both words familiar — gather and slip. In Thailand the receipt also enters a lottery every two months
- ของ ปลอมкхонг пломit is a fake; counterfeitLiterally "thing fake": the tail word is counterfeit, a live syllable. About a genuine thing one says the genuine-thing phrase — the same scheme with the familiar genuine
- มี ของми кхонгin stock; availableLiterally "things are": the shortest way to say "in stock". Out of stock is "the things ran out"
- เปลี่ยน สีплиан сиto change to another colorLiterally "change color": both words familiar. The question about a color being available is "is this color?"
- นาฬิกา ข้อ มือнаалика кхо мыаwristwatchLiterally "clock of the wrist": the clock word is in general, from the Portuguese. The wall one is the "hanging clock" — the specification tells them apart
- น้ำ หอมнам хомperfumeLiterally "fragrant water": the fragrant you saw in the onion — there a vegetable, here a scent, one word for both senses. Perfume in Thai is in the singular
- เครื่อง สำ อางкхрыанг сам аангcosmeticsLiterally "equipment for adorning": the familiar apparatus makes a thing of a deed. The cosmetics department in the mall is the floor with this word on the board
- มือ สองмы сонгsecondhand; usedLiterally "second hand": the hand and the two. The English "from second hands" and the Thai word are built alike — memorized at once
- ต่อ ราคาтхёр ракхааto bargain; to haggleLiterally "pull the price": the first word is the same continue as in extending the visa. At the market one bargains; at the mall with price tags — never
- ร้าน หนังสือран нангсыbookstoreLiterally "stall of books": the book is yours already. The bookstore and the stationery shop in Thailand are often one place — pens are sold there too
- ขาย ส่งкхай сонгwholesaleLiterally "sell by shipments": the send you know from sending — here a lot is sent at once. Retail is the reverse: by the piece, the count from this very unit
- ระยะ เว ลา รับ ประ กันрайа ве лаа рап пра канwarranty periodLiterally "period of time of receiving the guarantee": long, but honest. Both pieces you know: the lease term and the warranty
- สั่ง ทำсанг тхамmade to orderLiterally "order make": making to order — furniture, a dress, a cake. The opposite is ready from the shelf
- เอาаоto takeThe main word of the shop: ao nam — "I will take water". More neutral than kho, "please give", which you know
- ให้хайto giveGives and hands over: "the doctor gives medicine". The tone falls — a low-class ho with a mai ek stroke. With the same word Thai builds "let someone do"
- ซื้อсыto buyA long vowel with a rising tone: sue is recognizable by the stretch. The market lives by this word — sue khong, "buy things"
- จ่ายджайto payDo not confuse by ear with chai, "yes": jai has a low tone, chai a mid one. The money follows it with no preposition
- เอา คืนао кхуэнto give back; to returnLiterally "take up" and hand to the owner: a book, a thing, change. About money one says khuen ngoen
- ห่อ ของхо кхонгto wrapThe familiar ho, "packet", here as a verb: wrap a thing in paper. At the shop they ask: ho mai — "shall I wrap it?"
- กิโล ละ เท่า ไหร่кило ла тао райhow much per kilo?Kilo you know, thao rai — "how much" — too; the new thing here is only la — "per". Literally "a kilo — per — how much?"
- ลด ราคา ไหมлот ракхаа майis there a discount?Lot raka, "a price cut", you know; the question is made by mai at the end. Literally "does the price go down or not?"
- มี ขาย ไหมми кхаай майdo you sell...?Literally "is there selling or not?": the English "do you have" Thai conveys through trade. What you are looking for — put in the middle
- ขอ อัน นี้кхо ан нийI will take this oneKho, "I ask", the main word of buying; an is the classifier for things, and it is the new one here. You point and say: "this one, please"
- ขอ ถุง หน่อยкхо тхунг нойa bag, pleaseThung, the bag, you know; Thai does not say "I need" — it simply asks: "a bag, please". Noi softens the request
- จุด ชำระ เงิน อยู่ ที่ไหนджут чамра нгын ю тинайwhere is the checkout?Literally "point of paying where": jut, "point", you saw in the ticket office, and ngoen, money, too. The only new thing here is chamra — "to pay"
- เท่า นี้тао нийthis is allLiterally "as much as only this": thao you know from "how much". At the till it means "I am taking nothing more"
- เงิน สด หรือ บัตรнгын сат рыэ батcash or card?Both words are familiar: ngoen sot is cash, and bat, the card, you paid with at the hotel. The cashier will ask exactly this, and the answer must be one of the two
- เงิน ทอน เก็บ ไว้нгын тхон кеп вайkeep the changeLiterally "the change — keep for yourself": ngoen thon, the change, you know, and kep wai is "keep it". Said politely and with a smile
- ราย การ ซื้อ ของраай кан сы кхонгshopping listRai kan, "a list", you saw in the to-do list; after it — "what to buy". A shopping list in Thailand most often lives in the phone
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.
- ห้า ยูโรха йуроFive euros
- กาแฟ เท่า ไหร่?кафэ тао рай?How much is the coffee?
- ร้าน ค้า เปิด แปด โมงран кха пёт пэт монгThe shop opens at eight
- ตลาด อยู่ ที่ไหน?талат ю тинай?Where is the market?
- ปลา อยู่ ที่ แผงпла ю ти пхэнгThe fish lies on the stall
- คน ขาย ขาย ผล ไม้кхон кхаай кхаай пон майThe seller sells fruit
What is worth knowing about these words
ยูโร (йуро) — euro. The euro does not circulate in Thailand: the currency is the baht, and the prices of the course will be in baht. The word is for talking about Europe and about prices back home.
เท่า ไหร่? (тао рай?) — how much is it? Literally "equal to how much?". At the market one word attached to the thing is enough: kafae thao rai — "coffee how much?"
ร้าน ค้า (ран кха) — shop; store. The same raan, "shop", as in the restaurant and coffeehouse, plus khaa, "to trade". The little shop by the house Thais call exactly this — raan lung, "uncle's shop".
ตลาด (талат) — market. The word comes from an ancient "place of trade", and it lives in street names too. The morning market lives until noon, the night one from sunset — two different talats.
Test yourself
Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than recognizing a familiar word — and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “euro” in Thai?
The euro does not circulate in Thailand: the currency is the baht, and the prices of the course will be in baht. The word is for talking about Europe and about prices back home
- How do you say “scales” in Thai?
Literally "eye-weighing": it is the seller who weighs, and his glance has a role here. To weigh is the same chang
- How do you say “this is expensive” in Thai?
Literally "this expensive": nii is the demonstrative "this", the one in thi nii — "here". The haggle opens with exactly this phrase
- How do you say “cash register; cashier” in Thai?
English cashier — both the till and the cashier are named with it. It is simpler to ask "where does one pay?", but the word is useful
- How do you say “to return goods; product return” in Thai?
Literally "send the goods back": three familiar verbs in one turn. In an online shop the return has a deadline
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
How much it costs, whether there is a smaller one, whether cards are accepted. A shop forgives mistakes: miss a word and they will show you the thing with their hands anyway.
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 “euro” in Thai?
«ยูโร», read “йуро”. The euro does not circulate in Thailand: the currency is the baht, and the prices of the course will be in baht. The word is for talking about Europe and about prices back home. It is one of 83 words in the set “shopping and money” — the rest are in the table above.
How many shopping words do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 83 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.