Thai Numbers, Thai Script and Phonetic
Being able to speak and understand numbers in Thai is an essential skill for any traveller in Thailand.
Numerals zero through nine |
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Digit |
Thai Numeral |
Thai Word |
Phonetic Transcription |
0 |
๐ |
ศูนย์ |
sǔun |
1 |
๑ |
หนึ่ง |
nùng |
2 |
๒ |
สอง |
sǒrng |
3 |
๓ |
สาม |
sǎam |
4 |
๔ |
สี่ |
sìi |
5 |
๕ |
ห้า |
hâa |
6 |
๖ |
หก |
hòk |
7 |
๗ |
เจ็ด |
jèt |
8 |
๘ |
แปด |
bpàet |
9 |
๙ |
เก้า |
gâw |
Counting ten and beyond |
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Digit |
Thai Numeral |
Thai Word |
Phonetic Transcription |
10 |
๑๐ |
สิบ |
sìp |
100 |
๑๐๐ |
หนึ่งร้อย |
nùng róry |
1,000 |
๑,๐๐๐ |
หนึ่งพัน |
nùngpan |
10,000 |
๑๐,๐๐๐ |
หนึ่งหมื่น |
nùng mùun |
100,000 |
๑๐๐,๐๐๐ |
หนึ่งแสน |
nùng sǎen |
1,000,000 |
๑,๐๐๐,๐๐๐ |
หนึ่งล้าน |
nùng láan |
10,000,000 |
๑๐,๐๐๐,๐๐๐ |
สิบล้าน |
sìp láan |
100,000,000 |
๑๐๐,๐๐๐,๐๐๐ |
ร้อยล้าน |
róry láan |
Using these charts, arbitrary numbers in Thai can be constructed much as they are inEnglish. However, please note the following:
· Numbers ending in one between eleven and ninety-one use the word เอ็ด / èt / instead of หนึ่ง / nùng / (one, 1) as in the following:
nùng |
one, 1 |
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sìp èt |
eleven, 11 |
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sǎamsìp èt |
thirty-one, 31 |
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rórynùng |
one hundred one, 101 |
· Numbers between twelve and nineteen are not special as they are in English. They are considered “ten-two,” “ten-three,” etc.
· If a rule in English is to add -ty to a digit to obtain the tens series, then twenty, thirty, and fifty are exceptions. In Thai, the only special word is ยี่สิบ / yîi sìp / (twenty, 20).
· Ordinals are formed by prefixing a number with the word ที่ / tîi / as in the following examples:
tîi nùng |
first |
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tîi sǒong |
second |
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tîi sìp èt |
eleventh |
· Note that the words Ten-thousand and hundred-thousand are not compounds as they are in English‚there are unique Thai words for these shown in the chart above.
· The word หนึ่ง /nùng / (one, 1) can be omitted if it occurs at the beginning of any number (other than one, of course).
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