Thai Numbers for Beginners | Count 0–1,000,000 with Thai Numerals & Audio
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🇹🇭 Learn Thai Numbers
Learning Thai numbers is useful for shopping, prices, dates, phone numbers, time and everyday conversation. Start with 0–10, then learn the patterns for teens, tens, hundreds, thousands and larger numbers.
How to practice: Read the Thai number, use the pronunciation guide only as a helper, then press 🔊 Listen and repeat it aloud. Thai tones are important, so listening is more reliable than romanization alone.
THAI DIGITS
1. Thai Numerals ๐–๙
Thailand commonly uses Arabic numerals (0–9), but Thai numerals also appear on signs, official documents and cultural materials.
BASIC NUMBERS
2. Numbers 0–20
TENS
3. Tens: 20–90
LARGE NUMBERS
4. Hundreds, Thousands & Millions
5. Important Thai Number Rules
Rule 1 • 11 ends with เอ็ด
11 is สิบเอ็ด (sìp-èt), not สิบหนึ่ง.
Rule 2 • 20 uses ยี่สิบ
20 is ยี่สิบ (yîi-sìp), not สองสิบ.
Rule 3 • Final 1 often becomes เอ็ด
21 = ยี่สิบเอ็ด, 31 = สามสิบเอ็ด, 101 = หนึ่งร้อยเอ็ด.
Rule 4 • 30, 40, 50...
Use the number + สิบ: สามสิบ, สี่สิบ, ห้าสิบ.
Rule 6 • Thai numbers build logically
245 = สองร้อยสี่สิบห้า — literally two hundred, four tens, five.
REAL-LIFE EXAMPLES
6. Useful Number Examples
21
ยี่สิบเอ็ด
yîi-sìp-èt
35
สามสิบห้า
sǎam-sìp-hâa
101
หนึ่งร้อยเอ็ด
nʉ̀ng-ráawy-èt
245
สองร้อยสี่สิบห้า
sǎawng-ráawy-sìi-sìp-hâa
500 baht
ห้าร้อยบาท
hâa-ráawy bàat
1,500 baht
หนึ่งพันห้าร้อยบาท
nʉ̀ng-phan hâa-ráawy bàat
Shopping tip: If you know Thai numbers, listening for prices becomes much easier. Practice common prices such as 50 บาท, 100 บาท, 150 บาท, 200 บาท, 500 บาท.
FAQ
Why is 20 “ยี่สิบ” instead of “สองสิบ”?
Thai uses the special form ยี่สิบ (yîi-sìp) for twenty. For 30 and above, use the regular pattern: สามสิบ, สี่สิบ, ห้าสิบ, and so on.
Why does 21 use เอ็ด?
When 1 appears at the end of many compound numbers greater than ten, Thai commonly uses เอ็ด (èt), for example 21 = ยี่สิบเอ็ด and 31 = สามสิบเอ็ด.
Do I need to learn Thai numerals ๐–๙?
Arabic numerals are very common in Thailand, so beginners can communicate without mastering Thai numerals immediately. However, learning ๐–๙ is useful for signs, documents and reading practice.
