How to Say “Cheers” in Thai
ไชโย
chay-yoo
Cheers
ค่ะ and ครับ are polite particles — they depend on the speaker's gender, not the listener's.
When to use it
The festive toast — raise your glass and say ไชโย (chai-yoo) before drinking. For a simpler clink-glasses signal, Thais also say ชน (chon), which literally just means "to clink." Both are used; ไชโย is more spirited.
Why you've seen it spelled differently
You may have seen ไชโย written as: chai yo, chaiyo, jai yo.
There is no single standard for writing Thai in the Roman alphabet — phrasebooks, road signs, and tourist guides each follow a different system, and many just invent their own spellings. The romanization on this page uses a consistent IPA-based system that marks all five tones and distinguishes short from long vowels. The same word always gets the same spelling. Paste any Thai to see it romanized →
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