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How to say curry; soup with paste
in Thai
แกง
gaaeng
curry; soup with paste
gaaeng mid
Any dish built on a chilli paste, with or without coconut milk. ข้าวแกง shops let you point at two or three curries on rice.
- Part of speech
- noun
In a sentence
- ข้าวแกงkâao gaaengcurry on rice
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- เมนูmenu
- แนะนำto recommend; to introduce
- พิเศษspecial; extra-large (portion)
- ธรรมดาregular, normal, ordinary
- เจvegan (Chinese-Thai style)
- มังสวิรัติvegetarian
- นั่งto sit
- ที่นั่งseat
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