Animal sounds in Thai (Onomatopoeia)

by | Sep 22, 2020 | Thai

Here, I list the 17 most common onomatopoeia for animal sounds in Thai.

You will notice that in Thai, animals make different sounds as compared to English. For example, in English, dogs say “woof” but in Thai they say “bรณk“. Or ducks say “quack” in English but “gรกap” in Thai.

Enjoy!

AnimalSound
Monkey (เธฅเธดเธ‡)เน€เธˆเธตเนŠเธขเธเน† jรญak jรญak
Elephant (เธŠเน‰เธฒเธ‡)เนเธ›เธฃเน‹, เนเธ›เธฃเน‹เน€เธ›เธฃเน‰เธ™ bprฤƒe, bprฤƒe prรขyn
Cat (เนเธกเธง)เน€เธซเธกเธตเธขเธงเน† mฤญeow mฤญeow
Cock (เน„เธเนˆเธ•เธฑเธงเธœเธนเน‰)เน€เธญเน‰เธเธญเธตเนŠเน€เธญเน‰เธเน€เธญเน‰เธ รขyk-รฉe-รขykรขyk
Hen (เน„เธเนˆเธ•เธฑเธงเน€เธกเธตเธข)เธเธธเนŠเธเน† , เธเธฐเธ•เนŠเธฒเธ gรบk gรบk, gร  dtรกak
Chick (เธฅเธนเธเน„เธเนˆ)เน€เธˆเธตเนŠเธขเธšเน† jรญap jรญap
Cow (เธงเธฑเธง)เธกเธญเน† mor mor
Pig (เธซเธกเธน)เธญเธนเนŠเธ”เน† รณot รณot
Bird (เธ™เธ)เธˆเธดเนŠเธšเน† jรญp jรญp
Dog (เธซเธกเธฒ)เน‚เธฎเนˆเธ‡เน† hรดng hรดng
เน€เธญเน‹เธ‡เน†
ฤƒyng ฤƒyng
เนเธฎเนˆ
hรขe
เธšเน‡เธญเธเน†
bรณk bรณk
Duck (เน€เธ›เน‡เธ”)เธเนŠเธฒเธšเน† gรกap gรกap
Horse (เธกเน‰เธฒ)เธฎเธตเนˆเน† hรชe hรชe
Rat (เธซเธ™เธน)เธˆเธดเนŠเธ”เน† jรญt jรญt
Crow (เธเธฒ)เธเธฒเน† gaa gaa
Frog (เธเธš)เธญเนŠเธšเน† รณp รณp
Gekko (เธ•เธธเนŠเธเนเธ)เธ•เธธเนŠเธเนเธ dtรบk-gae
Bee, Fly (เธœเธถเน‰เธ‡, เนเธกเธฅเธ‡เธงเธฑเธ™)เธซเธถเนˆเธ‡ hรจung
Snake (เธ‡เธน)เธŸเธนเนˆเน† เธŸเนˆเธญเน† fรดo fรดo fรดr fรดr

Animal sounds in Thai
Sounds animals make in Thai
Animal sounds in Thai 2
Sounds animals make in Thai


I hope you enjoyed learning about the Onomatopoeia of animal sounds in Thai and found it interesting that it’s different compared to English.

If you want to learn how to say all the animals in Thai, please see my article.

Sign up to my newsletter and get your free E book!

 

You will receive my E-book which contains useful phrases and expressions. You will also get corresponding audios so you can practice listening!

I will also keep you updated on new content and courses I make!

Thai E-book 178 Phrases and Expressions to understand Spoken Thai