เห็ด
hèt/het̚˨˩/
The Thai word for mushroom is เห็ด (hèt).
เห็ด refers to the fruiting body of a fungus.
Meaning: fruiting body of a fungus (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
The romanization is hèt. The IPA is /het̚˨˩/.
Did you know?
- In Thai culture, some wild mushrooms are so prized that villagers organize 'mushroom hunts' during the first rains of the season, treating the find as a community event.
- In traditional Thai medicine, certain เห็ด are classified not by their species, but by their 'cooling' or 'heating' effect on the body's balance.
- The word เห็ด comes from the Proto-Tai reconstruction *ʰrwetᴰ, meaning the root is thousands of years old and shared across Southeast Asian tribes.
Examples in context
- คุณมีเห็ดไหม?Do you have mushrooms?
- ฉันต้องการเห็ดสดI want fresh mushrooms.
- ผมชอบทานอาหารที่มีเห็ดI like food with mushrooms.
- ฉันชอบกินเห็ด.chan chop kin het.I like eating mushrooms.
- เห็ดนี้มีรสชาติอร่อยมาก.het ni mi rot chat a-roi mak.This mushroom tastes very delicious.
- ระวังอย่ากินเห็ดที่ไม่รู้จัก.ra-wang ya kin het thi mai ru-chak.Be careful not to eat mushrooms you don't recognize.
Example conversation
At a grocery store, choosing ingredients for soup.
- วิทวัส Witthawatคุณจะซื้อเห็ดไปทำอะไรครับ?khun cha sue het pai tham a-rai khrap?What are you going to buy mushrooms for?
- ณิชา Nichaจะเอาไปทำซุปค่ะ.cha ao pai tham sup kha.I'm going to make soup.
- วิทวัส Witthawatเห็ดสดๆ ช่วยให้ซุปอร่อยขึ้นครับ.het sot-sot chuai hai sup a-roi khuen khrap.Fresh mushrooms will make the soup more delicious.
- ณิชา Nichaใช่ค่ะ ฉันชอบกินเห็ดมาก.chai kha. chan chop kin het mak.Yes, I love eating mushrooms very much.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “mushroom” translations and entries เห็ด, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries เห็ด, CC BY-SA 4.0.
