Fang in Thai

“Fang” in Thai is เขี้ยวkîaw.

เขี้ยว kîaw

fang, canine tooth noun

kîaw falling

Falling: start high and drop clearly, like a firm “No!”

You'll hear it in Thai Alphabet Song (ก เอ๋ย ก ไก่).

How to use it

เขี้ยวkîaw is a fang, of a dog, a tiger or a snake, and your own canine teeth are ฟันเขี้ยวfan kîaw. Thais have a word for the urge to squeeze or pinch something unbearably cute, a baby's cheek or a fat puppy: มันเขี้ยวman-kîaw, "itchy fangs". Someone old, sly and experienced is เขี้ยวลากดินkîaw lâak din, "fangs dragging on the ground".

In the alphabet song, the giant of ยyaw has big fangs.

Don't mix it up

เขียวkǐaw

green

Rising tone: green.

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:

khieow
fan khiao
fun kiaw

Song Thai Alphabet Song (ก เอ๋ย ก ไก่) The rhyme every Thai child chants to learn the 44 consonants, each named after a picture word: chicken, egg, buffalo, snake, elephant, owl. It is the classic first step into reading Thai, and almost every adult in Thailand can still sing it. The words are old and in the public domain.

More body and health in Thai

All body and health

หัว hǔa Head
ปวด bpùat Hurt
to ache, to hurt (a deep, dull pain)
ท้อง táwng Stomach
stomach, belly
คอ kaw Throat
หลัง lǎng Back (of the body)
จมูก jà-mùuk Nose

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