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1. Thai number 0-20
2. Exercise to learn Thai numbers: can you guess these numbers in Thai (0-100 Thai numbers)?
3. What is a hundred and thousand in Thai words?
4. Exercise to learn Thai numbers: can you guess these numbers in Thai (>100 Thai numbers)?
5. Answer to the learn Thai numbers exercises
6. The rest of Thai numbers
7. Review important Thai numbers

Thai numbers is an important topic as it’s one of the first things you may come across in daily life in Thailand when you go shopping in Thailand, pay at restaurants, etc. In this blog article we will learn Thai numbers to be ready for using in Thailand.

Thai number 0-20

• 0 = sǔun (ศูนย์)
• 1 = nùeng (หนึ่ง)
• 2 = săawng (สอง)
• 3 = săam (สาม)
• 4 = sìi (สี่)
• 5 = hâa (ห้า)
• 6 = hòk (หก)
• 7 = jèt (เจ็ด)
• 8 = bpàaet (แปด)
• 9 = gâo (เก้า)
• 10 = sìp (สิบ)

1 in 11, 21, 31, … = èt (เอ็ด)

• 11 = sìp èt (สิบเอ็ด)
• 12 = sìp săawng (สิบสอง)
• 13 = sìp săam (สิบสาม)
• 14 = sìp sìi (สิบสี่)
• 15 = sìp hâa (สิบห้า)
• 16 = sìp hòk (สิบหก)
• 17 = sìp jèt (สิบเจ็ด)
• 18 = sìp bpàaet (สิบแปด)
• 19 = sìp gâo (สิบเก้า)

2 in 20, 21, 22, … = yîi (ยี่)

• 20 = yîi sìp

Exercise to learn Thai numbers: can you guess these numbers in Thai (0-100 Thai numbers)?

After you learn about Thai numbers a little bit, do you think you can guess these numbers in Thai? Let’s try it out, the answer will be at the end of the blog.

• 15 = 
• 50 =
• 21 =
• 22 =
• 30 =
• 31 =
• 40 =
• 45 =
• 58 =
• 63 =
• 75 =
• 84 =
• 92 =
• 66 =

What is a hundred and thousand in Thai words?

• 100 in Thai = nùeng ráwi / ráwi (หนึ่งร้อย, ร้อย)
• 1,000 in Thai = nùeng pan / pan (หนึ่งพัน, พัน)

Exercise to learn Thai numbers: can you guess these numbers in Thai (>100 Thai numbers)?

• 125 =
• 299 =
• 2024 =

Answer to the learn Thai numbers exercises

• 15 = sip haa (สิบห้า)
• 50 = haa sip (ห้าสิบ)
• 21 = yii sip et (ยี่สิบเอ็ด)
• 22 = yii sip saawng (ยี่สิบสอง)
• 30 = saam sip (สามสิบ)
• 31 = saam sip et (สามสิบเอ็ด)
• 40 = sii sip (สี่สิบ)
• 45 = sii sip haa (สี่สิบห้า)
• 58 = haa sip bpaaet (ห้าสิบแปด)
• 63 = hok sip saam (หกสิบสาม)
• 75 = jet sip haa (เจ็ดสิบห้า)
• 84 = bpaaet sip sii (แปดสิบสี่)
• 92 = gao sip saawng (เก้าสิบสอง)
• 66 = hok sip hok (หกสิบหก)
• 125 = nueng raawi yii sip haa (หนึ่งร้อยยี่สิบห้า) 
• 299 = saawng raawi gao sip gap (สองร้อยเก้าสิบเก้า)
• 2024 = saawng pan yii sip sii (สองพันยี่สิบสี่)

And these are the important points you should know when you learn Thai numbers. 

• Start to learn Thai numbers from 0-10
• Remember the key points:
  • 1 in 11, 21, 31, … = èt (เอ็ด)
  • 2 in 20, 21, 22, … = yîi (ยี่)
• Remember hundred and thousand in Thai

These are 3 main steps you need to work on remembering when you learn Thai numbers as they are numbers you may deal with the most in daily life. If you remember it, you can understand and combine all numbers under 1,000 in Thai.

The rest of Thai numbers

• 10,000 in Thai = nùeng mùuen / mùuen (หนึ่งหมื่น, หมื่น)
• 100,000 in Thai = nùeng săaen /săaen (หนึ่งแสน, แสน)
• 1,000,000 in Thai = nùeng láan / láan (หนึ่งล้าน, ล้าน)
• 10,000,000 in Thai = sìp láan (สิบล้าน)

Review important Thai numbers

Let’s review what are the important Thai numbers through our online flashcards!

And these are pretty much all you need to know when it comes to learn Thai numbers, as you can see that you don’t need to count from 1 to 100 to be able to remember the whole Thai numbers system and just need to remember a few key points to be able to understand and remember Thai number system better.

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