How to Say “Keep the change” in Thai
ไม่ต้องทอน
mây tɔ̂ng thɔɔn
Keep the change
ค่ะ (khâ) and ครับ (khráp) are polite particles — they depend on the speaker's gender, not the listener's.
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When to use it
Said to a driver, vendor, or cashier when you know there will be change returned to you — a low-key way to round up or leave a small tip. You can also say ไม่เป็นไรครับ/ค่ะ (mây-pen-ray khráp/khâ) when they hand you the change, as a reactive "don't worry about it, keep it."
Why you've seen it spelled differently
You may have seen ไม่ต้องทอน written as: mai tong ton, mai dtong torn, my tong thon.
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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