10 Different Ways to Say 'THANK YOU' in English

Being polite is super important in English and saying thank you is a huge part of that.

講英文時，有禮貌非常重要，其中表達感謝是很重要的一部份

So I've got ten different ways for you to say thank you. And that's all coming right

在這個視頻中我將介紹10種用英文表達感謝的不同方式

up after we meet another Eat Sleep Dreamer.

我們先來看一下另一位 Eat Sleep Dreamer 成員的小短片吧

You won't be surprised to hear that there are so many different ways to say thank you

你大概不會驚訝發現在英文中表達感謝的方法有很多種

in English. Some are formal, some are informal, some are used more in written English, some

有的比較正式，有的非正式，有些通常用在寫作上

more in spoken English. So let's have a look at our first phrase.

有些則是比較口語。讓我們來看一下第一個吧

As I'm sure you know thank you is shortened down to thanks. And then we've got lots of

我猜大家都知道 thank you 能夠縮寫成 thanks，由此能夠延伸許多其他說法

other variations of thanks. So for example you've got thanks a lot. You've got thanks

比如說 thanks a lot

so much. Thanks a million and they are all nice variations of saying the same thing which

thanks so much, thanks a million。這些說法都是很好的例子，同樣表達著感謝

is essentially thank you. These are all informal phrases so they could be used in informal

以上的例子比較口語，你能夠用在非正式的寫作

writing like at the end of an email or in a sort of text message or a whatsapp message.

比如寫在電子郵件的最後，或是用在簡訊，whatsapp 等

They could be used in spoken English as well so quite a wide variety of informal situations

也能夠用在與人聊天的時候，各種非正式的情境都能夠用得上它們

where you can use these phrases. So thanks, thanks a lot, thanks so much and thanks a

thanks, thanks a lot, thanks so much 以及 thanks a million

million. Now the stress of these words can really change the meaning of them. So if you

不過，重音不同會改變它們表達的意思

want to emphasise just how thankful you are you can say 'thanks so much' emphasising the

假如你想表達你多麼感謝對方，使用 thanks so much 時

'so' there. But if you emphasise the second part, so if you said 'thanks a million' then

把重音放在 so。但是如果把重音放在後頭，比如在你使用 thanks a million

suddenly it goes from a genuine thank you to being a sarcastic thank you. Perhaps your

那麼意思會從原本的感謝變成帶有諷刺

house mate has just used up the last bit of milk and you are like 'oh thanks a million.'

你的室友可能剛好喝完了所剩不多的牛奶，那時你就能說 oh thanks a million

'Thanks a million for using the last bit of milk.' Again it's a sarcastic way to express

意思是，謝謝你喔喝完了所有牛奶。我再次強調，這麼說帶有調侃意味

your feeling. So which word you emphasise will create a different meaning. So 'thanks

因此加重音的地方不同會改變你所表達的意思

so much' very genuine 'thanks a million' suggests that you are not happy and that it's sarcastic.

thanks so much 表達的是感謝，thanks a million 則說明你有所不悅，是有些諷刺的

This word is easily one of my favourite words to say in my day-to-day life and that is 'cheers'.

接下來要講的這個單字是我平常很喜歡用的，這個單字是 cheers

We know that cheers has one meaning which is an expression of good wishes when you bum

我們知道 cheers 的一種意思是用在乾杯的時候

your glasses together. It also means thank you in informal British English, cheers means

在非正式的英式英語中，cheers 也能夠用來表達感謝

thank you and i say it all the time. If someone holds the door open for me, I'll say 'ah cheers'.

它的意思等同於謝謝，而我總是使用這個單字。當有人幫我開門，我就會說 cheers

If someone gives me a present I'll say 'oh cheers,. That's so kind cheers.' If someone

如果有人送了我禮物，我就會回答說 oh cheers，或者 that's so kind cheers

gets me a drink in the bar I'll say 'cheers'. If someone helps me out and does something

在酒吧，當有人幫我帶來飲料，我也會說 cheers。當有人幫了我一把或為了我做了某件事，我就會說 cheers

for me, I'll say 'cheers'. I just say it all the time, it's just such an easy word to say

我無時不刻都會用上 cheers，講起來方便

and it's such a nice informal way to express your thanks to someone. So cheers in British

而且在非正式場合中，這麼說聽起來很友善

English is an informal way to say thank you.

所以 cheers 是一種在非正式的英式英語中表達感謝的好方法

The third phrase 'I really appreciate...' and then it or that or the thing that they've

第三個要介紹的是 I really appreciate... 然後你可以接 it 或者 that，又或者對方為你做的事

done. I really appreciate your hard work or I really appreciate your message. Now I've

I really appreciate your hard work. (我很感謝你的努力。) I really appreciate your message. (我很感謝你的信。)

received so many amazing messages from you guys in the comments below and often I will

我從你們那兒收到了許多很棒的留言

show my thanks to you by saying 'hey (and then the name) I really appreciate your lovely

很多時候，我會說 hey (+對方的姓名) I really appreciate your lovely message.

message' or 'I really appreciate your kind words.' and that's my way of saying thank

(我很感謝收到你溫馨的留言) 而那就是我對你們表達謝意的方式。

you to you. So it's a really nice way to express your thanks to someone and to show you appreciate

那是表達你很感謝對方很好的方法

what they did or what they've done. So yeah, you could say 'I really appreciate it, I really

以及你珍惜對方為你所做的事。所以你能夠說 I really appreciate it

appreciate that, if they have done a certain thing or I really appreciate and then the

I really appreciate that。假如對方特意幫了你什麼，就在 I really appreciate 後面加那件事。

thing, your message, your gift, your kind words, your friendship, whatever the thing

可能是 your message (訊息), your gift (禮物), your kind words (暖心的文字), your friendship (友誼) , 就看是感謝對方甚麼。

might be. So guys I'm going to say now, thank you for your lovely messages that you send

所以，我現在想說的是，謝謝你們寄來的暖心的訊息

me, I really appreciate them, I really appreciate them. Them, the messages. So I really appreciate

我真的很感謝。I really appreciate

your messages.

your messages.

This is a super cool phrase 'you shouldn't have'. Now this is particularly used when

這是一個很炫的說法，you shouldn't have。

we receive a present from someone and we want to show our thanks and show our gratitude

這通常用在我們收到禮物，想表達我們謝意的時候

to them. Now it sounds like we are criticising them, we saying you shouldn't have, you shouldn't

聽起來有點像是在譴責對方，you shouldn't have (你不該...)

have one this. That's not the meaning at all. What we are actually saying is wow how generous

它的真實意思完全不是這麼一回事，其實，我們在表達的是

of you, that's so kind of you to get me this gift, I can't believe it 'you shouldn't have,

哇，你真是大方啊，你人真是太好了

that's so kind'. Now what's really important here, I personally, I would say you shouldn't

有一點很重要，我個人會這麼說

have and then say thank you as a part of that as well. So 'you shouldn't have, that's so

You shouldn't have 然後接 thank you

kind' or 'thanks so much, you shouldn't have.' So I would probably blend this phrase with

或者 thanks so much, you shouldn't have

another thank you phrase as well. It's a really great phrase to accept a gift from somebody.

我可能會再加個 thank you，這是在收到禮物時很實用的一個片語

The pronunciation. You could say 'you shouldn't have' that's fine. When we are saying shouldn't

至於發音，你能夠說 You shouldn't have，這麼說是 OK 的。

have we sometimes turn the have into a weak form. So instead of saying 'shouldn't have'

當我們說 shouldn't have，有時候 have 的聲音會轉弱，因此 shouldn't have

we would say 'shouldn't 'ev' It's up to you whether you do that or not but you shouldn't

會變成 shouldn't ev，要怎說看個人習慣，完全取決於你。

have is perfectly great. So the next time somebody gives you a gift in English you can

所以，下次有人送你禮物時，你就能夠說

say 'you shouldn't have, that's so kind'. Perfect way to say thank you.

you shouldn't have, that's so kind (你不需要準備禮物的，你人真好) 一個說謝謝很好的方式

It doesn't get any more British than this phrase. Nice one! Again this is a really brilliant

沒有比這個更有英國味道的表達語了。Nice one! 這又是個口語的對人表達感謝很好用的片語

informal phrase to say thank you to someone. If you think about every day situations, you've

想想看一些平日會遇到的情況

things like someone making you a cup of tea or somebody taking a photo for you. I would

像是有人為你泡了杯茶，或有人幫你拍照

probably say 'Nice one! Thanks very much' 'Nice one! Cheers mate' or something like

那些時候我可能就會說 Nice one! Thank you very much，Nice one! Cheers mate 諸如此類的話。

that. So I'd have nice one and then maybe another way to say thank you as well. So 'nice

大概是先說 nice one 再接另一個表達感謝的詞語

one! Cheers mate' or 'Nice one! That's really kind of you.' So nice one is a part of saying

比如 Nice one! Cheers mate 或者 Nice one! That's really kind of you

thank you in a very informal way. Again this is British English and informal British English

nice one 是個表達感謝偏口語的片語，我再重說一遍，這個片語是英式英語，而且還是非正式的

so perhaps you might not use this one, it's possible. You might not need to use it but

所以你或許不見得用得上

it's good to be aware of it, good to understand it when you do hear it. Especially if you

不過知道也好，聽到的話就會知道是甚麼意思。

are watching British TV shows, British YouTubers, you are going to hear nice one sometimes.

尤其是在你看一些英國的電視節目，或收看來自英國的 You Tubers，你偶爾就會聽到 nice one

This is a really common phrase, many thanks. It can be used in a couple of different ways.

這個片語相當常用，many thanks，它的用法很多樣

Firstly many thanks for and then something so 'many thanks for your lovely present' or

先說 many thanks 再接 for 然後你所要感謝的事，many thanks for your lovely present (謝謝你送的漂亮禮物)

'many thanks for helping me out today'. So it's part of a thank you so 'many thanks for

many thanks for helping me out today (很感謝你今天幫了我)

(something)' or we can end a written message, an email or yeah just a text message with

公式是 many thanks + 某件事，也能夠用在訊息結尾，或者打在電子郵件最後

'many thanks' and then your name. That's almost like a way of saying goodbye or kind of signing

many thanks 然後註上你的名字，這種用法有點像是在道別，也類似簽名

off a written piece of English. So it's not strictly a thank you but it's maybe a part

所以它不只是用來表達謝意，而是一種禮貌的說法

of showing gratitude and being polite, is to say many thanks and then your name. So

many thanks 加上 你的姓名

I'll reply to a lot of emails and finish them off with 'many thanks Tom'. So you've got

我經常就是用這種方法回電郵的，many thanks, Tom

two choices there. You've got many thanks for and then the thing 'many thanks for your

這個片語有兩種用法，many thanks + for + 某件事

time' 'many thanks for your present' and then if you want to finish an email or a message

many thanks for your time (感謝您的時間)，many thanks for your present (謝謝你的禮物)，所以當你想為一封電郵或訊息做個結尾

you could say 'many thanks' as well.

你也能夠用 many thanks

This one is one of my favourite phrases. So imagine that somebody does you a favour. They

接下來要講的這個也是我很喜歡的，想像一下，有人幫了你一個忙

go out of their way to be really helpful towards you. Then you can say 'you're a star' or 'you're

對方竭盡所能幫助你。這種時候你就能夠說，you're a star

a legend' something like that. This is a brilliant way to show your appreciation to that person.

或者 you're a legend。這是一種表達你很感謝對方的方式

So let's say that you are running late for work and your flatmate says 'don't worry,

我們來假設一下你上班快遲到了，你室友就說

I'll give you a lift' so they drive you in their car to your work. You know, that's a

別擔心，我來載你一乘。他/她就這樣開著車載你到你上班的地方

big favour that they are doing you so you could say 'you're a legend, thank you so much'

你知道的，這是個大忙啊，所以你能夠說 you're a legend, thank you so much

or 'you're a star, thank you.' Or you could even say 'you're a lifesaver, thank you so

或 you're a star, thank you. 你甚至還能夠說 you're a lifesaver, thank you so much (你是我的救星啊，謝謝你)

much.' So someone has done something really cool to help you out of a situation. So yeah

當某人很帥氣地幫了你一個忙

'you're a star' 'you're a legend' 'you're a lifesaver' any of those kinds of phrases.

就說 you're a star, you're a legend, you're a lifesaver, 以上這些都能夠用到

A really wonderful informal way to say thank you and to show your appreciation towards

另一個口語的同樣很棒的用來表達對人感謝的用法

someone.

對那些來過英國

For those of you in Britain or for who have travelled to Britain or who are studying in

旅遊或唸書

Britain you might hear the phrase 'Ta!' Personally I don't use it to say thank you. It's very

你可能聽過 Ta! 我個人不會用它來說謝謝

informal. You would probably mainly hear it in the north of England. Ta! is an informal

這詞語太不正式了，在英國北部可能比較會聽到有人使用

way to say thank you.

Ta! 是一種非正式的 thank you

This is a super cool phrase. to give a shout out to someone. This is a public statement

接下來教你個很酷，很帥的片語，to give a shout out to + 人，它是用來公開表達對某個人的謝意

of thanks to these people. Now I think this comes from radio programmes when someone would

它原本似乎是在一些廣播電台

call in and they would say 'I just want to give a shout out to my Mum, my Dad, just say

當有人打進電台，可能會說 I just want to give a shout out to my Mum, my Dad, just say hi to them, just say thank you

hi to them, just say thank you' and it has kind of continued from there. it's used a

(我只是想向爸媽打個招呼，說聲謝謝) 這個用法似乎就是由此延伸的

lot in music, in the music industry, people will say 'I want to give a shout out to my

歌壇時常用到，音樂產業很常用到，歌手可能會說 I want to give a shout out to my fans (我想向我的粉絲們說聲謝謝)

fans'. So it's a public way to say thank you. The other day I did a video where I gave a

所以這個片語是一種公開表達感謝的用語

shout out to a couple of teachers, friends of mine, who helped me with a video that i

前幾天我拍了個視頻，在視頻裡我公開向許多我的老師和一些朋友道謝，他們在我拍的一個短片幫了我很多

was making. So I said 'I just want to give a shout out to' and then i named the names.

所以我說了 I just want to give a shout out to 然後我一一說了他們的名字

So it's a public way for me to say thank you to them. So to give someone a shout out or

這是種公開感謝他們的方法。To give a shout out 或者 to give a shout out to + 人

to give a shout out to someone. It's a public way to show your appreciation.

是一種公開表達你謝意的方式

The final one is the most formal of all of them. And it is a little bit old fashioned

最後一個，也是最正式的，聽起來可能也有點古板

'much obliged'. Personally I don't use this one particularly, I might use it in very formal

much obliged，我個人不常用這個用語，只有在非常正式的寫作上我才會用到

writing but i don't really do much formal writing so I don't have much need for it but

不過我不常要書寫這類作文，因此我也不特別會用到

if you want to sound very formal or you are doing formal written English then much obliged

假如你想顯得特別正式，或你在寫一片正式的英文文章

is a nice way to say thank you. So you can say 'I'm much obliged to you'. That's very

那麼 much obliged 便是一個很實用的道謝方法

formal, quite old fashioned if I'm honest. Or you could just say at the end of a piece

但坦白說，這個用語非常正式，又有些古板

of writing 'much obliged' and then your name, Tom. So it's your choice, this is the whole

你能夠在文章結尾寫上 much obliged 再註上你的姓名，要不要使用，這要看個人

point of learning English is that you should focus on the types of English that you are

這也是學習英文的重點，專注在你會實際用到的用語

going to use. So if you have no need for formal language, you are only using it in informal

所以，如果你不會用到正式英語

situations then don't worry too much about much obliged. But if you are doing a lot of

假如你只會用到比較口語的英文的話，你就不需要特別擔心 much obliged

formal writing or you are in very formal situations then yeah, then think about how you could

但是如果你在寫一篇正式的文章，或你處在一個正式的場合

use much obliged in your every day English.

你也許就能夠想想如何使用 much obliged

So I'd like to say a big thank you to all of you guys, I really appreciate you taking

最後，我想謝謝你們，我真的很感謝你們花了時間

the time to watch this video. I want to give a big shout out to Caterina for her video,

來觀看我的這個視頻，I want to give a big shout out to Caterina，她拍了個短片

for introducing herself to us. I love seeing Eat Sleep Dreamers, where you are in the world

做自我介紹，我總是樂於知到 Eat Sleep Dreamwers 的成員在世界哪一處

and why you are learning English. So if you'd like to be featured at the beginning of one

以及了解你們學習英文的原因，如果你也想在我的視頻一開始露個面

of my videos just send me a very quick video, 5 to 10 seconds long. Saying your name, where

你能夠將你所拍的長達5~10秒鐘的短片寄到我那兒

you are from, why you are learning English and then you've got to say 'You're watching

告訴我們你住那兒，你學習英文的動機，最後在說句 You're watching Eat Sleep Dream Engish

Eat Sleep Dream English' that's all I need. Ten seconds worth of that. Send it to my email

短片中該出現的大概就這些，10秒鐘，寄到我的郵件地址

address which is [email protected] and you could be at the beginning of one of

我的電郵是 [email protected]

my next videos. So again, I really appreciate it guys, thanks a million for watching. Not

這麼做你就能夠出現在我的視頻一開頭。再次感謝你們大家，thanks a million for watching.

thanks a million, thanks a million for watching. Remember I've got new videos every Tuesday

不是 thanks a million , thanks a million for watching.

and every Friday helping you take your English to the next level and achieve your life goals

記得，我每個星期二和星期五都會推出新的的視頻，希望幫助你將你的英語能力帶到更高一層並達成你的目標，無論你的目標是甚麼。

whatever they may be. This is Tom, the Chief Dreamer, saying goodbye.

我是 Tom，Chief Dreamer，下次見囉！