Jingjok
How to say spicy
in Thai
เผ็ด
pèt
spicy · hot (chili)
pèt low
Spicy-hot from chili. Low tone. The single most useful taste word in Thailand.
- Part of speech
- adj
- Remember it
- My PET dragon breathes spicy chili fire.
In a sentence
- ไม่เผ็ดmâi pètnot spicy
- เผ็ดน้อยpèt nóia little spicy
The culture behind it
CULTURE
What ไม่เผ็ด really gets you
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Your first 90 days of Thai
Jingjok teaches เผ็ด with audio, the tone drawn on screen, and a check on your own voice. Order food exactly how you like it, answer the kitchen's questions, and get the bill or a takeaway bag.
- 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.