nám-yencold water

Cold water. For another iced drink, add เย็น to its name, as in กาแฟเย็น, iced coffee.

TonesนClasslowSyllablestwo

Made of

เย็น on its own means “evening”.

How it reads

น้ำเย็น

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Letters in the word

Kai says

Thai uses a classifier when counting many kinds of things. The word for the object alone isn't always enough to build the phrase.

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