True love in Thai

“True love” in Thai is รักแท้rák-táe.

รักแท้ rák-táe

true love noun

rák high
táe high

High: start high and go a little higher, a bit tense; don’t let it fall.

Parts: รักrák love แท้táe genuine, real

You'll hear it in True Love (รักแท้).

How to use it

รักแท้rák-táe, "genuine love", is true love, the stuff of songs, dramas and late-night talks: เชื่อในรักแท้ไหมchûea nai rák-táe mǎi, do you believe in true love? A well-known saying warns รักแท้แพ้ใกล้ชิดrák-táe páe glâi-chít, "true love loses to closeness": someone who is always around can win over a love far away. The person you're destined for is your เนื้อคู่núea-kûu, soulmate.

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:

rak thae
ruk tae

Song True Love (รักแท้) The ending theme of To Sir, With Love (2022), a period drama about two men in love in a Chinese community around 1930, when such a love had to stay hidden. It won the Nataraja Award for best drama song. A sweeping promise that no distance, no sky and nobody in the world can beat true love. Its lines teach even if, however far, never, as long as, side by side, the only thing, to block and to believe.

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