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Take off (clothes, shoes) in Thai

“Take off (clothes, shoes)” in Thai is ถอดtàwt.

ถอด tàwt

to take off (clothes, shoes, glasses); to remove verb

  • tàwt low
  • Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.

How to use it

ถอดtàwt has a low tone and an unreleased t at the end. In Thailand you take your shoes off before going into a home, a temple building and some small shops and clinics; a pile of shoes at the door tells you to do the same. Putting things on is ใส่sài.

Careful with ทอดtâwt, with a falling tone: that's deep-frying.

Don't mix it up

  • ทอดtâwt

    to deep-fry; fried

    Falling tone: to deep-fry.

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:

  • thot
  • tod
  • thod
  • thawt

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