TimeHoliday in Thai
“Holiday” in Thai is วันหยุดwan-yùt; you'll also hear วันหยุดยาวwan-yùt-yaao (long weekend).
holiday, day off noun
- wan mid
- yùt low
- Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
long weekend, long holiday noun
- wan mid
- yùt low
- yaao mid
- Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
How to use it
วันหยุดwan-yùt, a "stopping day", is any day off: the weekend, a public holiday or your own day off. Thailand has many public holidays, for Buddhist days, royal anniversaries, New Year and Songkran, and when one falls next to a weekend the result is a วันหยุดยาวwan-yùt-yaao, a long weekend: buses fill up, hotels raise their prices and the roads out of Bangkok jam. On some Buddhist holidays, shops aren't allowed to sell alcohol.
Time off for a trip is something else: see vacation.
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:
- wan yud
- wan yut yao
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