How to Say “Take care” in Thai
ดูแลตัวเองด้วย
duu-lææ tua-eeng dûay
Take care
ค่ะ and ครับ are polite particles — they depend on the speaker's gender, not the listener's.
Word by word
When to use it
ดูแล (duu-laae) means "to look after," ตัวเอง (tua-eeng) means "yourself," ด้วย (dûay) adds "also/please." The นะ particle at the end of the polite forms softens the phrase warmly — it's the difference between an instruction and a caring send-off. Common in messages and farewells.
Why you've seen it spelled differently
You may have seen ดูแลตัวเองด้วย written as: doo lae tua eng duay, du lae tua eng.
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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