Food and drink
salad (Western-style) noun
- sà low
- làt low
- Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
Classifier: จานjaan · plate; a plate of (food)
Thai spicy salad; to toss, to mix noun
- yam mid
- Mid: level, in your normal speaking voice.
How to use it
Thai salads are ยำyam: meat, seafood, glass noodles, fruit or even instant noodles tossed with lime juice, fish sauce, chilli and a little sugar. Try ยำวุ้นเส้นyam wún-sên (glass noodle salad) or ยำไข่ดาวyam kài-daao (fried egg salad); ส้มตำsôm-dtam is a pounded salad of its own.
A Western green salad is สลัดผักsà-làt pàk, and salad dressing is น้ำสลัดnáam-sà-làt.
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:
- yum
- yum salad
More food and drink in Thai
All food and drink- ข้าว kâao Rice
- ข้าวเหนียว kâao-nǐaw Sticky rice
- ข้าวเหนียวมะม่วง kâao-nǐaw má-mûang Mango sticky rice
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