Business day in Thai

“Business day” in Thai is วันทำการwan tam-gaan; you'll also hear เวลาทำการwee-laa tam-gaan (formal).

วันทำการ wan tam-gaan

business day, working day noun formal

wan mid
tam mid
gaan mid

Mid: level, in your normal speaking voice.

เวลาทำการ wee-laa tam-gaan

business hours, opening hours noun formal

wee mid
laa mid
tam mid
gaan mid

Mid: level, in your normal speaking voice.

How to use it

วันทำการwan tam-gaan is a business day: banks, government offices and online shops count in them, so ภายในสามวันทำการpaai-nai sǎam wan tam-gaan skips weekends and public holidays. เวลาทำการwee-laa tam-gaan, business hours, is on the doors of banks and offices. Both come from ทำการtam-gaan, the formal "to work, to operate".

In conversation Thais say วันทำงานwan tam-ngaan, a working day, and ask เปิดกี่โมงbpòet gìi moong, what time do you open?

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:

wan tham kan
wela tham kan

More formal words in Thai

All formal words

การ gaan Kaan (prefix)
-ing, -tion: turns a verb into a noun (the act of …)
ความ kwaam Kwaam (prefix)
-ness (turns a verb or adjective into a noun)
ผู้ pûu Phu (prefix)
person (who …): makes words for people, like -er
นัก nák Nak (prefix)
-er, -ist: someone who does it (as a job or a passion)
ซึ่ง sûeng Who, which (formal)
which, who (adds information; formal, written)
เมื่อ mûea When (formal)
when, once (formal)

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Written by the Learn Thai For Free team
Audio: AI voices, quality-checked for tones