Thai Vocabulary: Numbers 1 to 1 million
It teaches the numbers 1–21 and the key tens and place-value numbers needed to build Thai numbers up to one million.
หนึ่ง
nùeng
Adjective; Numeral
one, same, single
Remember it by
A nun holding up exactly one finger.
สอง
sɔ̌ɔng
Numeral
two
Remember it by
song
Two people singing a song together as a duet.
สาม
sǎam
Numeral
three
Remember it by
Sam
Uncle Sam holding up three fingers.
สี่
sìi
number
four
Remember it by
C4/see-4
C4, an explosive idea.
ห้า
hâa
number
five
Remember it by
ha!
Five people are laughing and shouting “ha!” around five enormous funny objects.
หก
hòk
number
six
Remember it by
hawk
Six enormous hawks swoop around six people who are desperately trying to count them.
เจ็ด
jèt
number
seven
Remember it by
jet
Seven fighter jets flying in a perfect V-formation.
แปด
bpàet
number
eight
Remember it by
Bat
Eight enormous bats swarm dramatically through a Thai night sky.
เก้า
gâo
number
nine
Remember it by
gow
Nine people saying 'ow'. The 'g' part comes from there being no gow sound. Grrr.
สิบ
sìp
number
ten
Remember it by
sip
Ten people simultaneously take enormous sips from ten giant drinks.
สิบเอ็ด
sìp-èt
low-low
eleven
Remember it by
sip it
Eleven people urgently tell each other to “sip it” while eleven giant drinks are being passed around.
สิบสอง
sìp-sɔ̌ɔng
low-rising
twelve
Remember it by
sip song
Twelve people take twelve giant sips while singing one huge song together.
สิบสาม
sìp-sǎam
low-rising
thirteen
Remember it by
sip Sam
Thirteen people named Sam all take a sip together in an absurd crowd of identical Sams.
สิบสี่
sìp-sìi
low-low
fourteen
Remember it by
sip, see
Fourteen people take a sip and point excitedly at what they see.
สิบห้า
sìp-hâa
low-falling
fifteen
Remember it by
sip, ha!
Fifteen people take huge sips and burst into laughter with exaggerated “ha!” reactions.
สิบหก
sìp-hòk
low-low
sixteen
Remember it by
sip hawk
Sixteen enormous hawks swoop down to take sips from sixteen giant cups.
สิบเจ็ด
sìp-jèt
low-low
seventeen
Remember it by
sip jet
Seventeen tiny jets swoop down and take absurd sips from giant cups.
สิบแปด
sìp-bpàet
low-low
eighteen
Remember it by
sip pet
Eighteen adorable pets all drink from giant bowls while their owners cheer.
สิบเก้า
sìp-gâo
low-falling
nineteen
Remember it by
sip cow
Nineteen enormous cows line up to take giant sips from a row of huge cups.
ยี่สิบ
yîi-sìp
falling-low number
twenty
Remember it by
yea, sip
Twenty people enthusiastically agree “yea” and take twenty enormous sips together.
ยี่สิบเอ็ด
yîi-sìp-èt
falling-low-low
twenty-one
Remember it by
yea, sip it
Twenty-one people enthusiastically tell one another “yea, sip it!” while passing around twenty-one giant drinks.
สามสิบ
sǎam-sìp
rising-low
thirty
Remember it by
Sam sip
Thirty men named Sam take giant sips together in an absurd crowd.
สี่สิบ
sìi-sìp
low-low
forty
Remember it by
see sip
Forty people all point at the same spectacle while taking a sip.
ห้าสิบ
hâa-sìp
falling-low
fifty
Remember it by
ha, sip
Fifty people laugh loudly and take giant sips together.
หกสิบ
hòk-sìp
low-low
sixty
Remember it by
hawk sip
Sixty enormous hawks swoop down and take giant sips from a vast field of cups.
เจ็ดสิบ
jèt-sìp
low-low
seventy
Remember it by
jet sip
Seventy miniature jets swoop together and take giant sips from enormous cups.
แปดสิบ
bpàet-sìp
low-low
eighty
Remember it by
pet sip
Eighty adorable pets crowd together drinking from enormous bowls.
เก้าสิบ
gâo-sìp
falling-low
ninety
Remember it by
cow sip
Ninety enormous cows form a giant line to take sips from ninety huge cups.
ร้อย
rɔ́ɔi
numeral
hundred
Remember it by
Roy
A character named Roy stands proudly in the middle of a spectacular scene containing exactly one hundred objects.
พัน
phan
numeral
thousand
Remember it by
fan
A gigantic electric fan blows thousands of objects through the air in a spectacular whirlwind.
หมื่น
mʉ̀ʉn
numeral
ten thousand
Remember it by
mean
A gigantic mean-looking character glares over a vast crowd of countless people, making the scene feel like ten thousand.
แสน
sɛ̌ɛn
numeral
hundred thousand
Remember it by
sane
A perfectly sane character calmly stands beside an immense sea of countless people representing one hundred thousand.
ล้าน
láan
Classifier; Noun; Numeral
million
Remember it by
lawn
A gigantic lawn stretches beyond the horizon, covered with an overwhelming multitude of objects representing one million.
Vocabulary (33 words)
- หนึ่ง nùeng
- one, same, single
- สอง sɔ̌ɔng
- two
- สาม sǎam
- three
- สี่ sìi
- four
- ห้า hâa
- five
- หก hòk
- six
- เจ็ด jèt
- seven
- แปด bpàet
- eight
- เก้า gâo
- nine
- สิบ sìp
- ten
- สิบเอ็ด sìp-èt
- eleven
- สิบสอง sìp-sɔ̌ɔng
- twelve
- สิบสาม sìp-sǎam
- thirteen
- สิบสี่ sìp-sìi
- fourteen
- สิบห้า sìp-hâa
- fifteen
- สิบหก sìp-hòk
- sixteen
- สิบเจ็ด sìp-jèt
- seventeen
- สิบแปด sìp-bpàet
- eighteen
- สิบเก้า sìp-gâo
- nineteen
- ยี่สิบ yîi-sìp
- twenty
- ยี่สิบเอ็ด yîi-sìp-èt
- twenty-one
- สามสิบ sǎam-sìp
- thirty
- สี่สิบ sìi-sìp
- forty
- ห้าสิบ hâa-sìp
- fifty
- หกสิบ hòk-sìp
- sixty
- เจ็ดสิบ jèt-sìp
- seventy
- แปดสิบ bpàet-sìp
- eighty
- เก้าสิบ gâo-sìp
- ninety
- ร้อย rɔ́ɔi
- hundred
- พัน phan
- thousand
- หมื่น mʉ̀ʉn
- ten thousand
- แสน sɛ̌ɛn
- hundred thousand
- ล้าน láan
- million