ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ་
thuk-je-che
The English phrase "thank you" is ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ་ (thuk-je-che) in Tibetan.
You use this expression to convey gratitude. While ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ་ is the standard form, another common way to say thank you in Tibetan is Kadrin chhe.
Meaning: an expression of gratitude (intj)
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ་ literally translates to "great compassion" or "great kindness".
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ་ is the standard polite way to express gratitude.
How do you pronounce it?
thuk-je-che
Did you know?
- In many Tibetan social circles, especially among family and close friends, it is common not to say ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ་ at all. Expressing gratitude too frequently can sometimes imply a formal distance between people.
- The word ཐུགས་ in the phrase refers to the 'mind' or 'heart' but is an honorific term. It is used specifically when referring to the mind of someone of higher status or a spiritual teacher.
- When using the phrase, it is common to accompany it with a slight bow or a gesture of palms together, known as 'anjali mudra', to show respect.
Examples in context
- ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ་།thugs rje che.Thank you.
Example conversation
Rinchen gives Karma a gift.
- རིནཅེན། Rinchenའདི་ཁྱེད་རེད་།di khye redThis is for you.
- དཀར་མོ། Karmoཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ་ རིནཅེན།thuk-je che RinchenThank you, Rinchen.
- རིནཅེན། Rinchenགནམ་མེད་པར་དགའ།nam-me par gaYou are very welcome.
- དཀར་མོ། Karmoའདི་འབྲེལ་འབྲེལ་ཆེ།di brel-brel cheThis is very lovely.
