Communicate in Thai

“Communicate” in Thai is สื่อสารsùue-sǎan.

สื่อสาร sùue-sǎan

to communicate verb

sùue low
sǎan rising

Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
Rising: start low, dip, then rise to the top, like a doubtful “Really?”

How to use it

สื่อสารsùue-sǎan is to communicate, to get a message across, and communication is การสื่อสารgaan sùue-sǎan. Job ads ask for staff who สื่อสารภาษาอังกฤษได้sùue-sǎan paa-sǎa ang-grìt dâi, can communicate in English, and phone companies are in the business of telecommunications, โทรคมนาคมtoo-rá-ká-má-naa-kom.

In everyday speech people just say คุยกันkui gan, to talk to each other.

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:

suesan
sue saan
seu san
suesarn

More news and society in Thai

All news and society

กลุ่ม glùm Group
สังคม sǎng-kom Society
ผล pǒn Result
result, outcome
ระบบ rá-bòp System
มาตรา mâat-dtraa Section (of a law)
section, article (of a law)
ระดับ rá-dàp Level
level, grade

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