Night school in Thai

“Night school” in Thai is ภาคค่ำpâak-kâm.

ภาคค่ำ pâak-kâm

evening classes, night school noun

  • pâak falling
  • kâm falling
  • Falling: start high and drop clearly, like a firm “No!”
Parts: ภาคpâak section, session ค่ำkâm evening, night

How to use it

ภาคค่ำpâak-kâm, "the evening session", is a programme with its classes in the evening, for people who work during the day: night school, and evening degrees at many universities. The daytime programme is ภาคปกติpâak bpà-gà-dtì, "the normal session". Tai Orathai's song about a country girl in the city has her saving up for night school.

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:

  • phak kham
  • pak kam
  • paak kham

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