Top up in Thai

“Top up” in Thai is เติมdtoem.

เติม dtoem

to top up, to refill, to add more verb

dtoem mid

Mid: level, in your normal speaking voice.

How to use it

เติมdtoem is filling up what's run low: phone credit (เติมเงินdtoem ngoen), petrol (เติมน้ำมันdtoem náam-man), a drink. Prepaid SIMs can be topped up at 7-Eleven or in a banking app. At a petrol station, tell the attendant an amount in baht, or เต็มถังdtem tǎng, "full tank".

Don't mix it up with เต็มdtem, full, which differs only in its vowel.

Don't mix it up

เต็มdtem

full

Short e: full.

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:

toem
tuem
toem ngoen

More verbs in Thai

All verbs

เป็น bpen Be
to be (a nationality, a job, a role)
มี mii Have
to have
ไป bpai Go
to go
มา maa Come
to come
กิน gin Eat
to eat
ดื่ม dùuem Drink
to drink

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Written by the Learn Thai For Free team
Audio: AI voices, quality-checked for tones