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How to say liquor, alcohol
in Thai
เหล้า
lâo
liquor, alcohol · spirits, booze
lâo falling
Spirits such as whisky or rice liquor, and casually any alcohol. Thais say กินเหล้า ('eat liquor') for 'drink'. ห leads ล, so the tone is high-class: falling.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Remember it
- LOUD after too much liquor.
In a sentence
- ไม่กินเหล้าmâi gin lâoI don't drink (alcohol).
The culture behind it
CULTURE
Dry days: holy days and election days
From the same situation: Weekend: temple, beach, Songkran
- ไปเที่ยวto go on a trip, to go out for fun
- วันหยุดholiday, day off
- ทะเลsea
- เกาะisland
- ภูเขาmountain
- น้ำตกwaterfall
- ธรรมชาติnature
- สงบpeaceful, quiet
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Your first 90 days of Thai
Jingjok teaches เหล้า with audio, the tone drawn on screen, and a check on your own voice. Plan a weekend trip and book tickets, behave well at a temple, survive Songkran, and tell people what you did and where you've been.
- WEEKS 1–2 · SURVIVEGreet anyone, pay, and order food and 7-Eleven exactly how you like it.
- WEEKS 3–6 · SETTLE INGet around by taxi, Grab and skytrain, find anything, and handle your landlord.
- WEEKS 7–12 · RUN YOUR LIFEPharmacy, bank, SIM and apps, how you feel, and a weekend away, all in Thai.
The first week is free.