Thai Numbers
How to count in Thai
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Thai numbers 0 to 10
Thai has its own digits for 0 to 9. Numbers in Thailand are written like in the west, simply by replacing western digits with Thai digits.
- 0 ๐ 0
See in Dictionary - 1 ๑ 1
See in Dictionary - 2 ๒ 2
See in Dictionary - 3 ๓ 3
See in Dictionary - 4 ๔ 4
See in Dictionary - 5 ๕ 5
See in Dictionary - 6 ๖ 6
See in Dictionary - 7 ๗ 7
See in Dictionary - 8 ๘ 8
See in Dictionary - 9 ๙ 9
See in Dictionary - 10 ๑๐ 10
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Thai numerals (number words) 0 to 10
Numerals are the words that describe a number, for example, the "two" in "two cats". Here are the numerals for zero to ten in the Thai language:
- 0 ศูนย์ 0
See in Dictionary - zero - 1 หนึ่ง 1
See in Dictionary - one - 2 สอง 2
See in Dictionary - two - 3 สาม 3
See in Dictionary - three - 4 สี่ 4
See in Dictionary - four - 5 ห้า 5
See in Dictionary - five - 6 หก 6
See in Dictionary - six - 7 เจ็ด 7
See in Dictionary - seven - 8 แปด 8
See in Dictionary - eight - 9 เก้า 9
See in Dictionary - nine - 10 สิบ 10
See in Dictionary - ten
How to count numbers between 10 and 9999
Thai numbers higher than ten are tricky and have a few extra rules that you need to follow.
Multiples of 10
To build multiples of ten, you need to follow one rule and 2 exceptions:
Rule: 30, 40, 50, ... 90
These numbers are easy to pronounce. You use the numeral 3 ... 9 and add the numeral for 10:
- 30 ๓๐ สาม 3
See in Dictionaryสิบ 10
See in Dictionary - thirty - 40 ๔๐ สี่ 4
See in Dictionaryสิบ 10
See in Dictionary - fourty - 50 ๕๐ ห้า 5
See in Dictionaryสิบ 10
See in Dictionary - fifty - 60 ๖๐ หก 6
See in Dictionaryสิบ 10
See in Dictionary - sixty - 70 ๗๐ เจ็ด 7
See in Dictionaryสิบ 10
See in Dictionary - seventy - 80 ๘๐ แปด 8
See in Dictionaryสิบ 10
See in Dictionary - eighty - 90 ๙๐ เก้า 9
See in Dictionaryสิบ 10
See in Dictionary - ninety
Exception: 20
Thai has a special word for twenty:
Thai has a special word for twenty:
- 20 ๒๐ ยี่สิบ 20
See in Dictionary - twenty
Exception: 10
The number 10 is very easy to pronounce. As listed above, 10 is simply:
The number 10 is very easy to pronounce. As listed above, 10 is simply:
- 10 ๑๐ สิบ 10
See in Dictionary - ten
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Numbers ending in 1 (like 11, 21, 31, ..., 101, ...)
All numbers ending in 1 follow a simple pattern: You have to use เอ็ด ...1
See in Dictionary instead of หนึ่ง 1
See in Dictionary.
See in Dictionary instead of หนึ่ง 1
See in Dictionary.
- 11 ๑๑ สิบ 10
See in Dictionaryเอ็ด ...1
See in Dictionary - eleven - 21 ๒๑ ยี่สิบ 20
See in Dictionaryเอ็ด ...1
See in Dictionary - twenty one - 31 ๓๑ สาม 3
See in Dictionaryสิบ 10
See in Dictionaryเอ็ด ...1
See in Dictionary - thirty one - 101 ๑๐๑ หนึ่ง 1
See in Dictionaryร้อย 100
See in Dictionaryเอ็ด ...1
See in Dictionary
one hundred and one
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Multiples of 100
For multiples of a hundred, you use the word ร้อย 100
See in Dictionary after the numeral for 1-9
See in Dictionary after the numeral for 1-9
- 100 ๑๐๐ หนึ่ง 1
See in Dictionaryร้อย 100
See in Dictionary - hundred - 200 ๒๐๐ สอง 2
See in Dictionaryร้อย 100
See in Dictionary - two hundred - 300 ๓๐๐ สาม 3
See in Dictionaryร้อย 100
See in Dictionary - three hundred - 400 ๔๐๐ สี่ 4
See in Dictionaryร้อย 100
See in Dictionary - four hundred - 500 ๕๐๐ ห้า 5
See in Dictionaryร้อย 100
See in Dictionary - ... - 600 ๖๐๐ หก 6
See in Dictionaryร้อย 100
See in Dictionary - 700 ๗๐๐ เจ็ด 7
See in Dictionaryร้อย 100
See in Dictionary - 800 ๘๐๐ แปด 8
See in Dictionaryร้อย 100
See in Dictionary - 900 ๙๐๐ เก้า 9
See in Dictionaryร้อย 100
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So, let's see some examples for numbers up to 999, combining all rules up until now:
- 111 ๑๑๑
หนึ่ง 1
See in Dictionaryร้อย 100
See in Dictionaryสิบ 10
See in Dictionaryเอ็ด ...1
See in Dictionary - 222 ๒๒๒
สอง 2
See in Dictionaryร้อย 100
See in Dictionaryยี่สิบ 20
See in Dictionaryสอง 2
See in Dictionary - 333 ๓๓๓
สาม 3
See in Dictionaryร้อย 100
See in Dictionaryสาม 3
See in Dictionaryสิบ 10
See in Dictionaryสาม 3
See in Dictionary - 444 ๔๔๔
สี่ 4
See in Dictionaryร้อย 100
See in Dictionaryสี่ 4
See in Dictionaryสิบ 10
See in Dictionaryสี่ 4
See in Dictionary - 555 ๕๕๕
ห้า 5
See in Dictionaryร้อย 100
See in Dictionaryห้า 5
See in Dictionaryสิบ 10
See in Dictionaryห้า 5
See in Dictionary - 666 ๖๖๖
หก 6
See in Dictionaryร้อย 100
See in Dictionaryหก 6
See in Dictionaryสิบ 10
See in Dictionaryหก 6
See in Dictionary - 777 ๗๗๗
เจ็ด 7
See in Dictionaryร้อย 100
See in Dictionaryเจ็ด 7
See in Dictionaryสิบ 10
See in Dictionaryเจ็ด 7
See in Dictionary - 888 ๘๘๘
แปด 8
See in Dictionaryร้อย 100
See in Dictionaryแปด 8
See in Dictionaryสิบ 10
See in Dictionaryแปด 8
See in Dictionary - 999 ๙๙๙
เก้า 9
See in Dictionaryร้อย 100
See in Dictionaryเก้า 9
See in Dictionaryสิบ 10
See in Dictionaryเก้า 9
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Multiples of 1,000
The Thai word for thousand is พัน 1,000
See in Dictionary. Similar to multiples of a hundred, you use the word พัน 1,000
See in Dictionary after the numeral for 1-9.
See in Dictionary. Similar to multiples of a hundred, you use the word พัน 1,000
See in Dictionary after the numeral for 1-9.
- 1,000 ๑๐๐๐ หนึ่ง 1
See in Dictionaryพัน 1,000
See in Dictionary - one thousand - 2,000 ๒๐๐๐ สอง 2
See in Dictionaryพัน 1,000
See in Dictionary - ... - 3,000 ๓๐๐๐ สาม 3
See in Dictionaryพัน 1,000
See in Dictionary - 4,000 ๔๐๐๐ สี่ 4
See in Dictionaryพัน 1,000
See in Dictionary - 5,000 ๕๐๐๐ ห้า 5
See in Dictionaryพัน 1,000
See in Dictionary - 6,000 ๖๐๐๐ หก 6
See in Dictionaryพัน 1,000
See in Dictionary - 7,000 ๗๐๐๐ เจ็ด 7
See in Dictionaryพัน 1,000
See in Dictionary - 8,000 ๘๐๐๐ แปด 8
See in Dictionaryพัน 1,000
See in Dictionary - 9,000 ๙๐๐๐ เก้า 9
See in Dictionaryพัน 1,000
See in Dictionary
Here is a more complex example:
- 1,234 ๑๒๓๔
หนึ่ง 1
See in Dictionaryพัน 1,000
See in Dictionaryสอง 2
See in Dictionaryร้อย 100
See in Dictionaryสาม 3
See in Dictionaryสิบ 10
See in Dictionaryสี่ 4
See in Dictionary
one thousand two hundred thirty four
How to count to 9,999,999
Thai has some numerals which might be surprising for speakers of Western languages:
- 10,000 ๑๐๐๐๐ หนึ่ง 1
See in Dictionaryหมื่น 10,000
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ten thousand - 100,000 ๑๐๐๐๐๐ หนึ่ง 1
See in Dictionaryแสน 100,000
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a hundred thousand - 1,000,000 ๑๐๐๐๐๐๐ หนึ่ง 1
See in Dictionaryล้าน 1,000,000
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one million
You combine these numerals similar to the rule for hundreds and thousands. Let's try some examples:
- 1,110,000 ๑๑๑๐๐๐๐
หนึ่ง 1
See in Dictionaryล้าน 1,000,000
See in Dictionaryหนึ่ง 1
See in Dictionaryแสน 100,000
See in Dictionaryหนึ่ง 1
See in Dictionaryหมื่น 10,000
See in Dictionary
one million one hundred ten thousand. - 1,234,567
หนึ่ง 1
See in Dictionaryล้าน 1,000,000
See in Dictionaryสอง 2
See in Dictionaryแสน 100,000
See in Dictionaryสาม 3
See in Dictionaryหมื่น 10,000
See in Dictionaryสี่ 4
See in Dictionaryพัน 1,000
See in Dictionaryห้า 5
See in Dictionaryร้อย 100
See in Dictionaryหก 6
See in Dictionaryสิบ 10
See in Dictionaryเจ็ด 7
See in Dictionary
one million two hundred thirty-four thousand five hundred sixty-seven
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10 million and up
Now, the system starts to repeat. Just count the number of millions in Thai, and put it before ล้าน 1,000,000
See in Dictionary.
See in Dictionary.
- 10 million
สิบ 10
See in Dictionaryล้าน 1,000,000
See in Dictionary - 100 million
หนึ่ง 1
See in Dictionaryร้อย 100
See in Dictionaryล้าน 1,000,000
See in Dictionary - one billion (= 1,000 million)
หนึ่ง 1
See in Dictionaryพัน 1,000
See in Dictionaryล้าน 1,000,000
See in Dictionary - 10 billion
หนึ่ง 1
See in Dictionaryหมื่น 10,000
See in Dictionaryล้าน 1,000,000
See in Dictionary - 100 billion
หนึ่ง 1
See in Dictionaryแสน 100,000
See in Dictionaryล้าน 1,000,000
See in Dictionary - one trillion (= 1,000 billion, or a million millions)
หนึ่ง 1
See in Dictionaryล้าน 1,000,000
See in Dictionaryล้าน 1,000,000
See in Dictionary
Decimals
In the Thai language, you read decimals similar to English. You say จุด point
See in Dictionary and then you read the digits one by one. Here are some examples:
See in Dictionary and then you read the digits one by one. Here are some examples:
- 0.53 ศูนย์ 0
See in Dictionaryจุด point
See in Dictionaryห้า 5
See in Dictionaryสาม 3
See in Dictionary
zero point five three - 10.2 สิบ 10
See in Dictionaryจุด point
See in Dictionaryสอง 2
See in Dictionary
ten point two
Fractions
To say fractions in Thai, you read the part above the line, then say ส่วน part; fraction; as for
See in Dictionary, and then you say the part below the line. Let's see some examples:
See in Dictionary, and then you say the part below the line. Let's see some examples:
- 1/2 หนึ่ง 1
See in Dictionaryส่วน part; fraction; as for
See in Dictionaryสอง 2
See in Dictionary - 2/3 สอง 2
See in Dictionaryส่วน part; fraction; as for
See in Dictionaryสาม 3
See in Dictionary - 3/20 สาม 3
See in Dictionaryส่วน part; fraction; as for
See in Dictionaryยี่สิบ 20
See in Dictionary