How to Say “Nice to meet you” in Thai
ยินดีที่ได้รู้จัก
yin dii thîi dâay rúu-càk
Nice to meet you
ค่ะ and ครับ are polite particles — they depend on the speaker's gender, not the listener's.
Word by word
When to use it
Said when meeting someone for the first time, usually after an introduction or an exchange of names. It literally means "pleased to have gotten acquainted." Thais sometimes shorten it to just ยินดีครับ/ค่ะ in casual settings.
Why you've seen it spelled differently
You may have seen ยินดีที่ได้รู้จัก written as: yin dee tee dai roo jak, yindee thi dai rujak.
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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