Food court in Thai

“Food court” in Thai is ศูนย์อาหารsǔun-aa-hǎan.

ศูนย์อาหาร sǔun-aa-hǎan

food court noun

  • sǔun rising
  • aa mid
  • hǎan rising
  • Rising: start low, dip, then rise to the top, like a doubtful “Really?”
Parts: ศูนย์sǔun centre อาหารaa-hǎan food

How to use it

Every Thai mall has a ศูนย์อาหารsǔun-aa-hǎan, a "food centre", with street-food dishes at fair prices. In many you first load money onto a card at the cashier, pay at each stall with the card and get back what's left on it before you leave; others take QR payments.

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:

  • sun ahan
  • soon a han
  • soon ahaan

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  • โรงแรม roong-raem Hotel

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Written by the Learn Thai For Free team
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