How to Say “I miss you” in Thai
คิดถึง
khít thɨ̌ng
I miss you
literally: to miss or to think of (someone/somewhere)
ค่ะ (khâ) and ครับ (khráp) are polite particles — they depend on the speaker's gender, not the listener's.
When to use it
The word คิดถึง (khít thɨ̌ng) literally combines คิด (khít) "to think" and ถึง (thɨ̌ng) "to / to reach / to arrive," so it pictures your thoughts traveling to someone or somewhere. It is a versatile phrase — used for romantic longing, for missing family and friends, or simply for reminiscing about past experiences and places. In casual settings, adding นะ (ná) to make คิดถึงนะ (khít thɨ̌ng ná) sounds much more natural, warm, and sweet to native speakers.
Why you've seen it spelled differently
You may have seen คิดถึง written as: khit theung, kit tung, khid thung.
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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