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How to say to put on the heat
in Thai
ตั้งไฟ
dtâng-fai
to put on the heat
dtâng fallingfai mid
ตั้งกระทะ/ตั้งหม้อ = put the pan/pot on. ไฟแรง high heat, ไฟอ่อน low heat (อ่อน = soft, weak).
- Part of speech
- verb
- Literally
- set on fire
In a sentence
- ตั้งไฟกลางdtâng fai glaangUse a medium heat.
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