Thai Numbers 1-100: How to Count Numbers in Thai Language
Want to learn Thai numbers 1-100? Even if you don't get very far in the Thai language, just learning how to say the numbers (and "how much?") will make your time in Thailand a lot easier. New to Thai? Start with my basic Thai for beginners guide.
Thai Numbers 1-10
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Thai Numerals
๐0๑1๒2๓3๔4๕5๖6๗7๘8๙9
The small ๑ ๒ ๓ are Thai numerals. On signs, menus and price tags you'll mostly see the 1, 2, 3 you already know; Thai numerals show up on government documents, temple inscriptions and other traditional settings. Zero is ศูนย์ (soon), written ๐. Want to go beyond numbers? See our step-by-step system for learning Thai.
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Thai is a tonal language. This means that learning how to say a Thai word (like the numbers!) also means you will need to learn what tone each word takes. It will feel strange at first and you may struggle to hear the difference sometimes, but the fastest way to get comfortable with Thai tones is to learn the Thai script first — it makes everything click.
Whatever handicap the Thai tones may cause you at the early stages are a fair trade off for how easy it is to string sentences together once you have gotten comfortable with the pronunciation.
Thai language has 5 tones which you'll need to learn if you want to learn how to speak Thai. Because some of the Thai sounds are going to be new for you, it can feel very frustrating to try to understand what's supposed to be happening in your mouth to make that sound.
Thai language has a lot of vowel sounds that don't exist in English and learning the Thai alphabet is really the easiest way to master these sounds.
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Thai Numbers 11-19
For the Thai numbers 12-19, you just say the Thai word for 10 + 2-9.
Eleven, as well as all numbers in the 10s position that include a 1 use a different word to represent 1. 11, 21, 31, through 91 use the word เอ็ด (eht) instead of หนึ่ง (nueng).
| Number | Thai Spelling / Pronunciation | Thai Numeral |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | สิบเอ็ด (sip-et) |
๑๑ |
| 12 | สิบสอง (sip-sawng) |
๑๒ |
| 13 | สิบสาม (sip-saam) |
๑๓ |
| 14 | สิบสี่ (sip-see) |
๑๔ |
| 15 | สิบห้า (sip-hah) |
๑๕ |
| 16 | สิบหก (sip-hoke) |
๑๖ |
| 17 | สิบเจ็ด (sip-jed) |
๑๗ |
| 18 | สิบแปด (sib-ppaed) |
๑๘ |
| 19 | สิบเก้า (sib-gaao) |
๑๙ |
Thai Numbers 20 - 90
For the numbers in the TENS place, you just say NUMBER + TEN with one exception. For 20, we don't use the Thai number '2.' Instead, we say ยี่สิบ (yee-sip).
| Number | Thai Spelling / Pronunciation | Thai Numeral |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | ยี่สิบ (yee-sip) |
๒๐ |
| 30 | สามสิบ (saam-sip) |
๓๐ |
| 40 | สี่สิบ (see-sip) |
๔๐ |
| 50 | ห้าสิบ (hah-sip) |
๕๐ |
| 60 | หกสิบ (hoke-sip) |
๖๐ |
| 70 | เจ็ดสิบ (jed-sip) |
๗๐ |
| 80 | แปดสิบ (ppaed-sip) |
๘๐ |
| 90 | เก้าสิบ (gaao-sip) |
๙๐ |
Thai Numbers 100-1 Million and Beyond
We've placed a space between the word for "one" and the rest of the number, but there normally wouldn't be a space there.
To count higher you can just replace the 1 at the beginning of any of these numbers.
Note: Thai has specific words for 10,000 and 100,000 (as well as a million). For billion and beyond, Thai uses compound constructions.
| Number | Thai Spelling / Pronunciation | Thai Numeral |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | หนึ่ง ร้อย (nueng roi) |
๑๐๐ |
| 1,000 | หนึ่ง พัน (nueng pahn) |
๑๐๐๐ |
| 10,000 | หนึ่ง หมื่น (nueng mueon) |
๑๐๐๐๐ |
| 100,000 | หนึ่ง แสน (nueng saen) |
๑๐๐๐๐๐ |
| 1,000,000 | หนึ่ง ล้าน (nueng laan) |
๑๐๐๐๐๐๐ |
Numbers You'll Hear When Paying
In everyday speech, Thais usually drop the หนึ่ง (nueng) in front of a hundred. A 150 baht price tag is just ร้อยห้าสิบ (roi hah-sip).
- 500 = ห้าร้อย (hah roi), the purple 500 baht note
- 1,500 = หนึ่งพันห้าร้อย (nueng pahn hah roi)
- 101 = หนึ่งร้อยเอ็ด (nueng roi eht). The เอ็ด (eht) rule from 11 and 21 works after a hundred too.
Thai Numbers: Billions and Beyond
For numbers larger than millions, Thai uses compound constructions combining the existing number words. Thai billion is พันล้าน (pahn laan), which literally means "thousand million." Thai builds large numbers by combining existing number words rather than using unique terms like English.
| Number | Thai Spelling / Pronunciation | Literal Translation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Billion (1,000,000,000) |
พันล้าน (pahn laan) |
"Thousand million" |
| 1 Trillion (1,000,000,000,000) |
ล้านล้าน (laan laan) |
"Million million" |
| 10 Billion (10,000,000,000) |
หนึ่ง หมื่น ล้าน (nueng mueon laan) |
"One ten-thousand million" |
| 100 Billion (100,000,000,000) |
หนึ่ง แสน ล้าน (nueng saen laan) |
"One hundred-thousand million" |
💡 Understanding Thai Large Numbers
The Thai system for large numbers is actually more logical than English! Instead of memorizing separate words like "billion" and "trillion," you simply combine the existing number words you already know.
This pattern continues infinitely: a quadrillion would be หนึ่ง พัน ล้าน ล้าน (nueng pahn laan laan) - "one thousand million million."
How to Ask "How Much?" in Thai
Once you can understand the answer, you'll want to ask the question.
- ราคาเท่าไร (raa-khaa thao-rai) - How much is it? (literally: price + how much)
- กี่บาท (kee baht) - How many baht?
- แพง (paeng) - expensive
- ถูก (thook) - cheap
- ลดหน่อยได้มั้ย (lot noi dai mai) - Can you lower it a little?
Thai Numbers 1 to 100 Complete Reference
Here's your complete guide to Thai numbers 1 to 100 with pronunciation. This covers every number you'll need for daily conversation in Thailand.
Thai Numbers 1-20
Master these first - they form the foundation for all Thai numbers 1 to 100:
You've already learned 1-10 above. For 11-19, Thai follows a simple pattern: 10 + the number, with one exception for 11 which uses เอ็ด (et) instead of หนึ่ง (nueng).
Thai Numbers 21-100 Pattern
Once you know 1-20, Thai numbers 1 to 100 follow simple patterns. For 21-99, combine tens + ones:
- 21 = ยี่สิบเอ็ด (yee-sip-et) - Twenty + one (using เอ็ด for 1)
- 25 = ยี่สิบห้า (yee-sip-hah) - Twenty + five
- 37 = สามสิบเจ็ด (saam-sip-jed) - Thirty + seven
- 56 = ห้าสิบหก (hah-sip-hoke) - Fifty + six
- 89 = แปดสิบเก้า (ppaed-sip-gaao) - Eighty + nine
- 100 = หนึ่งร้อย (nueng roi) - One hundred
How to Say NUMBER in Thai
ตัวเลข (tua lek) or เลข (lek) both mean "number" in Thai.
Thai Pronunciation Tip:
Thai is a tonal language and so the tone a word takes is a required piece of metadata that you'll need to learn in order to communicate with people. In addition to this, the length of the vowels in a Thai word are also very important.
The Thai word for "number" or lek (เลข) has a long vowel sound and a falling tone. Compare it to the similar, but still very different sounding word for "small" เล็ก (lek).
These can be tricky when you first start out as the consonant sounds of L and K are identical. But, to the trained ear, the different tone and vowel length are like night and day.
- เลข (lek) - number (falling tone + long vowel sound)
- เล็ก (lek) - small (high tone + short vowel sound)
Ordinal Numbers in Thai (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc)
To make an ordinal number in Thai you just put the word ที่ in front of the number.
- ที่หนึ่ง (tee-nueng) - First
- ที่สอง (tee-song) - Second
- ที่สาม (tee-saam) - Third
How to Say the Date in Thai
If you know how to say ordinal numbers in Thai, you'll be able to say any date easily. We just need to add the word for "day" วัน (wan) before ที่ (tee) and then the date number. When we put these two words together as วันที่ it means date.
To ask today's date in Thai, you would say:
- วันนี้ วันที่ เท่าไร (wan-nee wan-tee thao-rai?) - What's the date today? (literally: today+date+how much?)
So for example the 21st of December is read/written like this:
- วันที่ ยี่สิบเอ็ด ธันวาคม
(wan-tee yee-sip-et tan-waa-kom)- วันที่ (wan-tee) date
- ยี่สิบเอ็ด (yee-sip-et) twenty one
- ธันวาคม (tan-waa-kom) December
Want to add the weekday or month too? See our guides to the days of the week in Thai and Thai months, both with audio.
Phone Numbers in Thai
The Thai word for phone number is เบอร์โทร (ber-toh), borrowed from English "number". Phone numbers are said digit by digit using the Thai numbers you just learned.
Calling Thailand from abroad? The country code is +66. Drop the 0 at the start of the local number, so 081 234 5678 becomes +66 81 234 5678.
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- 1 in Thai is หนึ่ง (nueng)
- 2 in Thai is สอง (sawng)
- 3 in Thai is สาม (saam)
- 4 in Thai is สี่ (see)
- 5 in Thai is ห้า (hah)
- 6 in Thai is หก (hoke)
- 7 in Thai is เจ็ด (jed)
- 8 in Thai is แปด (ppaed)
- 9 in Thai is เก้า (gaao)
- 10 in Thai is สิบ (sip)
- 11 in Thai is สิบเอ็ด (sip-et)
- 20 in Thai is ยี่สิบ (yee-sip)
- 21 in Thai is ยี่สิบเอ็ด (yee-sip-et)
- 100 in Thai is หนึ่ง ร้อย (nueng roi)
Thai numbers 1-10: 1 = หนึ่ง (nueng), 2 = สอง (sawng), 3 = สาม (saam), 4 = สี่ (see), 5 = ห้า (hah), 6 = หก (hoke), 7 = เจ็ด (jed), 8 = แปด (ppaed), 9 = เก้า (gaao), 10 = สิบ (sip).
The best way to remember Thai numbers is through repetition with audio. Use flashcards for spaced repetition and pronunciation practice.
Here's a technique to learn Thai numbers fast: learn in sets of three. Count 1,2,3 then backwards 3,2,1. Do that a few times, then move to 4,5,6 and 6,5,4, etc. The entire practice session takes less than a minute. Do these triplet exercises a couple of times a day for a few days and you'll master Thai numbers 1-10 within a few days at most. You'll have those number groups so deep in your head that even if you forget an individual number, you can recall the set and pull it from there.
555 in Thai is ห้าห้าห้า (hah hah hah), which sounds like "hahaha" in English. Thai people use 555 online and in social media to express laughter - it's the Thai equivalent of "LOL". The more 5s you use (55555), the bigger the laugh - similar to typing "hahahahaha" or "lololol" in English.
Number 9 (เก้า - gaao) is considered the luckiest number in Thailand because it sounds similar to the Thai word ก้าว (gaao) meaning "to step forward" or "progress." Thai people believe 9 brings advancement and success. King Rama IX (the 9th) ruled for 70 years and was deeply beloved, further cementing 9's auspicious status. You'll often see Thai businesses use 9 in phone numbers, prices (99 baht), and addresses for good luck.
Thai numbers 1-10: หนึ่ง สอง สาม สี่ ห้า หก เจ็ด แปด เก้า สิบ
Thai numbers 11-20: สิบเอ็ด สิบสอง สิบสาม สิบสี่ สิบห้า สิบหก สิบเจ็ด สิบแปด สิบเก้า ยี่สิบ
Key Pattern: For 11-19, say สิบ (ten) + number. For 20, use special word ยี่สิบ (yee-sip).
100 in Thai is หนึ่ง ร้อย (nueng roi). The word ร้อย (roi) means "hundred." For other hundreds, you replace "หนึ่ง" with the appropriate number: 200 = สอง ร้อย (sawng roi), 300 = สาม ร้อย (saam roi), etc.
1,000 in Thai is หนึ่ง พัน (nueng pahn). The word พัน (pahn) means "thousand." For other thousands, you replace "หนึ่ง" with the appropriate number: 2,000 = สอง พัน (sawng pahn), 3,000 = สาม พัน (saam pahn), etc.
Zero in Thai is ศูนย์ (soon). This word is used in phone numbers, addresses, mathematical contexts, and when reading out numbers digit by digit. The Thai numeral for zero is ๐.
Yes, Thai numbers have tones because Thai is a tonal language. Each number word is spoken with a specific tone that never changes. For example, หนึ่ง (nueng) "one" has a low tone, สอง (sawng) "two" has a rising tone, and สาม (saam) "three" has a rising tone. Getting the tones right is essential for clear communication.
Yes, Thai people primarily use Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.) in daily life, just like most of the world. You'll see them on street signs, prices, phone numbers, and digital displays. Traditional Thai numerals (๐๑๒๓๔๕๖๗๘๙) are still used in formal documents, government paperwork, temple inscriptions, and traditional contexts, but Arabic numerals dominate modern Thai society.