Facebook in Thai

“Facebook” in Thai is เฟซบุ๊กféet-búk; you'll also hear เฟสféet (casual).

เฟซบุ๊ก féet-búk

Facebook name

  • féet high
  • búk high
  • High: start high and go a little higher, a bit tense; don’t let it fall.

เฟส féet

Facebook (casual) noun

  • féet high
  • High: start high and go a little higher, a bit tense; don’t let it fall.

In full เฟซบุ๊กféet-búk; เล่นเฟซบุ๊กlên féet-búk = to be on Facebook.

You'll hear เฟสféet in Jue Bo (จื่อบ่).

How to use it

เฟซบุ๊กféet-búk is said "face-book" with two high tones, and in everyday talk it's shortened to เฟสféet: เล่นเฟสlên féet, "play Facebook", is being on Facebook. Many Thai shops, restaurants and small businesses post their news there, and plenty sell only through their page, while chatting happens on LINE. A post is a โพสต์póot, and a live sale on Facebook is a ไลฟ์lái.

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:

  • face book
  • fesbuk
  • fet buk

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Written by the Learn Thai For Free team
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