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How to say ice
in Thai
น้ำแข็ง
náam-kǎeng
ice
náam highkǎeng rising
Ice, literally 'hard water'. Comes in almost every drink unless you say ไม่ใส่น้ำแข็ง.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Literally
- hard water
- Remember it
- WATER gone HARD: ice.
In a sentence
- ไม่ใส่น้ำแข็งmâi sài náam-kǎengno ice
- น้ำแข็งเยอะnáam-kǎeng yóelots of ice
The culture behind it
CULTURE
Ice in everything, even beer
From the same situation: Street food and 7-Eleven
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- ข้าวมันไก่chicken rice
- ก๋วยเตี๋ยวnoodle soup
- ข้าวเหนียวsticky rice
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