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How to say “Liquor” in Thai

เหล้า

lâo

“liquor / spirits”

“Liquor” in Thai is เหล้า, written lâo in the Latin alphabet.

Tone

เหล้า carries a falling tone — starts high, drops hard. Thai uses tone to tell words apart, so the pitch is part of the word, not an accent you can drop.

The shortest way in is an English intonation you already use. Say “NO!” out loud — snapped at a dog going for the food on the table — then say เหล้า with that same shape.

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