How to Say “Takeaway” in Thai
ใส่ถุง
sày thǔng
Takeaway
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 street-food vendor or a waiter right when you order, to specify you want it to go — literally “put it in a bag.” Another common phrase is เอากลับบ้าน (aw klàp bâan) “to take back home”, the broader restaurant equivalent. If you are already eating at a restaurant and cannot finish your food, point at the dish and add ด้วย (dûay): ใส่ถุงด้วยค่ะ/ครับ (sày thǔng dûay khâ/khráp) — put it in a bag as well. Here ด้วย (dûay) marks this as a separate, additional request — not part of your original order, but something you ask for afterwards.
Why you've seen it spelled differently
You may have seen ใส่ถุง written as: sai tung, sai thung, sy toong.
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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