Use (a service) in Thai

“Use (a service)” in Thai is ใช้บริการchái baw-rí-gaan.

ใช้บริการ chái baw-rí-gaan

to use a service, to be a customer verb polite

chái high
baw mid
rí high
gaan mid

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

How to use it

ใช้บริการchái baw-rí-gaan, "to use the service", is how businesses talk about customers: banks, the BTS, hotels and hospitals. Every receipt and recorded message ends with ขอบคุณที่ใช้บริการkàwp-kun tîi chái baw-rí-gaan, thank you for using our service.

In conversation you'd simply say where you go: ไปร้านนี้บ่อยbpai ráan níi bàwy, I go to this shop a lot.

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:

chai borikan
chai bori karn

More formal words in Thai

All formal words

การ gaan Kaan (prefix)
-ing, -tion: turns a verb into a noun (the act of …)
ความ kwaam Kwaam (prefix)
-ness (turns a verb or adjective into a noun)
ผู้ pûu Phu (prefix)
person (who …): makes words for people, like -er
นัก nák Nak (prefix)
-er, -ist: someone who does it (as a job or a passion)
ซึ่ง sûeng Who, which (formal)
which, who (adds information; formal, written)
เมื่อ mûea When (formal)
when, once (formal)

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