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Neighbour in Thai

“Neighbour” in Thai is เพื่อนบ้านpûean-bâan.

เพื่อนบ้าน pûean-bâan

neighbour noun

  • pûean falling
  • bâan falling
  • Falling: start high and drop clearly, like a firm “No!”

Classifier: คนkon · person, people

Parts: เพื่อนpûean friend บ้านbâan house, home

How to use it

A neighbour is a "house friend", เพื่อนบ้านpûean-bâan. The word stretches to countries: ประเทศเพื่อนบ้านbprà-têet pûean-bâan, the neighbouring countries, are Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Malaysia.

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:

  • phuean ban
  • peuan baan
  • puan ban

More people in Thai

All people
  • ผู้หญิง pûu-yǐng Woman
  • ผู้ชาย pûu-chaai Man
  • คุณผู้หญิง kun pûu-yǐng Lady

    madam, the lady (polite: how staff address a woman)

  • ฝรั่ง fà-ràng Farang

    Westerner, a white foreigner

  • คนต่างชาติ kon dtàang-châat Foreigner

    foreigner, foreign people

  • คน kon Person

    person, people

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