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Nurse in Thai

“Nurse” in Thai is พยาบาลpá-yaa-baan.

พยาบาล pá-yaa-baan

nurse; to nurse noun

  • pá high
  • yaa mid
  • baan mid
  • High: start high and go a little higher, a bit tense; don’t let it fall.

Classifier: คนkon · person, people

How to use it

พยาบาลpá-yaa-baan is the nurse and also the verb, to nurse: a hospital is a "nursing building", โรงพยาบาลroong-pá-yaa-baan, and an ambulance a "nursing vehicle", รถพยาบาลrót-pá-yaa-baan. Patients call a nurse คุณพยาบาลkun pá-yaa-baan, or more warmly พี่pîi or น้องnáwng, depending on age.

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:

  • phayaban
  • payaban
  • pa ya baan
  • phayabaan

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