Jingjok
How to say fish sauce
in Thai
น้ำปลา
náam-bplaa
fish sauce
náam highbplaa mid
Literally 'fish water'. The salty sauce in Thai cooking and on every table, often with chilies in it.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Literally
- fish water
- Remember it
- WATER squeezed from FISH: fish sauce.
In a sentence
- ขอน้ำปลาหน่อยkǎaw náam-bplaa nòiSome fish sauce, please.
- ใส่น้ำปลาsài náam-bplaaadd fish sauce
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