News and societyTV drama, soap opera; play noun
- lá high
- kawn mid
- High: start high and go a little higher, a bit tense; don’t let it fall.
How to use it
ละครlá-kawn is a TV drama or soap opera, and also a play. Prime-time Thai dramas, ละครหลังข่าวlá-kawn lǎng kàao, "the drama after the news", are a national habit, full of love triangles, rich families, slaps and ghosts. Over-the-top melodrama is teased as ละครน้ำเน่าlá-kawn náam-nâo, "rotten-water drama", and a stage play or musical is a ละครเวทีlá-kawn wee-tii.
Online series, from Korean dramas to Thai BL, are ซีรีส์sii-rîi. Our guide to learning Thai with dramas has the words you hear in every one.
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:
- lakorn
- lakhon
- lakon
- la korn
- lakhorn
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