Places บาร์ baa
bar noun
- baa mid
- Mid: level, in your normal speaking voice.
ผับ pàp
pub, nightclub (with music) noun
- pàp low
- Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
How to use it
บาร์baa sounds like English bar without the r, with a flat mid tone. A place with a band or a DJ is a ผับpàp, from pub, but closer to a club than to a quiet English pub. In casual Thai any drinking spot is a ร้านเหล้าráan lâo, a "liquor shop".
Keep the tone level: บ้าbâa with a falling tone means crazy.
Don't mix it up
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บ้าbâa
crazy
Falling tone: crazy.
Other spellings you'll see
There's no single official way to write Thai in English letters. We mark the tone of every syllable; online you'll also find:
- ba
- bar
- pub
- phap
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