Food and drinkfried rice noun
- kâao falling
- pàt low
- Falling: start high and drop clearly, like a firm “No!”
- Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
Classifier: จานjaan · plate; a plate of (food)
How to use it
Order it with the meat you want after it: ข้าวผัดหมูkâao-pàt mǔu (pork), ข้าวผัดกุ้งkâao-pàt gûng (shrimp) or the seaside favourite ข้าวผัดปูkâao-pàt bpuu (crab). It comes with cucumber slices, a wedge of lime and a little bowl of พริกน้ำปลาprík náam-bplaa, chillies in fish sauce, to spoon over it.
ข้าวผัดอเมริกันkâao-pàt à-mee-rí-gan, "American fried rice", is ketchup-fried rice with fried chicken, a hot dog and a fried egg.
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:
- khao pad
- khao phat
- kao pad
- khao pat
- kao pat
- khaopad
More food and drink in Thai
All food and drink- ข้าวเหนียว kâao-nǐaw Sticky rice
- ข้าวเหนียวมะม่วง kâao-nǐaw má-mûang Mango sticky rice
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