Animals
Food and drink หมู mǔu
pig; pork noun
- mǔu rising
- Rising: start low, dip, then rise to the top, like a doubtful “Really?”
Classifier: ตัวdtua · counting word for animals, clothes, tables and chairs
Taught in Unit 5 · Lesson 1: At the food stall of the free course.
Practise it freeHow to use it
หมูmǔu is both the animal and its meat, with a rising tone: pork dishes simply say หมูmǔu, as in ข้าวผัดหมูkâao pàt mǔu, pork fried rice.
In slang, หมูmǔu means easy: หมูๆmǔu-mǔu is "a piece of cake".
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:
- moo
- mu
- mhoo
- muh
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