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Sell in Thai

“Sell” in Thai is ขายkǎai.

ขาย kǎai

to sell verb

  • kǎai rising
  • Rising: start low, dip, then rise to the top, like a doubtful “Really?”

How to use it

ขายkǎai has a rising tone. It's in many shop names: a pharmacy is ร้านขายยาráan-kǎai-yaa, "shop selling medicine". A sign saying ขายkǎai on a house or a car means "for sale", and ขายหมดแล้วkǎai mòt láew means sold out. A vendor is แม่ค้าmâe-káa (a woman) or พ่อค้าpâw-káa (a man).

Its opposite is ซื้อsúue, to buy, and together ซื้อขายsúue kǎai means trading.

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:

  • khaai
  • kaay
  • khaay

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    to eat

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Written by the Learn Thai For Free team
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