เบียร์
beer
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This is the everyday Thai word for beer, the alcoholic drink typically made by fermenting malted grain.
beer
It refers to beer as a drink and is commonly used when ordering, shopping, or talking about drinking habits.
Learning notes
Explanation
เบียร์ is a loanword from English “beer” and is the standard everyday Thai noun for the drink. When counting beer, Thai normally uses a classifier that matches its container or serving: ขวด for bottles, กระป๋อง for cans, and แก้ว for glasses. For example, เบียร์หนึ่งขวด means “one bottle of beer,” and เบียร์สองกระป๋อง means “two cans of beer.”
Usage
It is widely used when ordering at restaurants and bars, buying drinks at stores, or discussing beer preferences and drinking habits. It also appears frequently on menus and product labels.
Caution
When stating a quantity, use a classifier appropriate to the container or serving, such as ขวด for bottles, กระป๋อง for cans, or แก้ว for glasses. Also, เบียร์สด normally means draft beer, not simply beer that is fresh.