How to Say “You're welcome” in Thai
ยินดี
yin dii
You're welcome
ค่ะ and ครับ are polite particles — they depend on the speaker's gender, not the listener's.
Word by word
When to use it
ยินดี (yin-dii) alone means "gladly" — the short and sweet response to thank you. ไม่เป็นไร (mâi-pen-rai) — "never mind" or "it was nothing" — is equally common and even warmer. Thais sometimes skip the verbal response entirely and just smile, which is also perfectly polite.
Why you've seen it spelled differently
You may have seen ยินดี written as: yin dee, yin di, yindee.
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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