How to Say “The bill please” in Thai
เก็บตังค์ด้วย
kèp tang dûay
The bill please
ค่ะ (khâ) and ครับ (khráp) are polite particles — they depend on the speaker's gender, not the listener's.
Word by word
When to use it
เก็บ (kèp) means "to collect," ตังค์ (tang) is casual for money, ด้วย (dûay) softens the request. The Thaiglish เช็คบิล (chék-bin) is equally understood everywhere. Neither requires waving — catching the server's eye and miming writing works just as well.
Why you've seen it spelled differently
You may have seen เก็บตังค์ด้วย written as: kep tang duay, check bill, chek bin.
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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