How to Say “Hurry up” in Thai
รีบหน่อย
rîip nɔ̀y
Hurry up
ค่ะ (khâ) and ครับ (khráp) are polite particles — they depend on the speaker's gender, not the listener's.
Word by word
When to use it
รีบ (rîip) means "to hurry," and หน่อย (nɔ̀y) softens it. A more urgent version is รีบๆ หน่อย (rîip-rîip nɔ̀y) or just รีบๆ (rîip-rîip). Thais also say ไวๆ (way-way) — "quick quick" — or เร็วๆ (rew-rew) — "fast fast." All of these work when you want someone to hurry up.
Why you've seen it spelled differently
You may have seen รีบหน่อย written as: reep noi, rip noi, reeb noi.
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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