Jingjok
How to say sugar
in Thai
น้ำตาล
náam-dtaan
sugar · brown (colour)
náam highdtaan mid
Sugar, and also the colour brown. Street cooks add it to many savoury dishes.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Remember it
- WATER plus palm sugar: a NUMB TONGUE from sweets.
In a sentence
- ไม่ใส่น้ำตาลmâi sài náam-dtaanNo sugar.
- น้ำตาลนิดหน่อยnáam-dtaan nít-nòia little sugar
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