หนึ่ง ครึ่ง
“หนึ่ง ครึ่ง” (нынг кхрынг) — one and a half in Thai. Numeral, level A2. Literally "one-half": after the number the Thai simply adds the half. An hour and a half, a kilogram and a half — by one pattern. In a live sentence: “ซื้อ ข้าว หนึ่ง ครึ่ง กิโล พอ” — Buy one and a half kilos of rice, that will do. Written with the characters ห, น, ึ, ่, ง, ค, ร, ึ, ่, ง. A word from the everyday Thai course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Thai | หนึ่ง ครึ่ง |
| Read in Latin letters | нынг кхрынг |
| Translation | one and a half |
| Part of speech | numeral |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "one-half": after the number the Thai simply adds the half. An hour and a half, a kilogram and a half — by one pattern
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- ซื้อ ข้าว หนึ่ง ครึ่ง กิโล พอсы кхао нынг кхрынг кило пхоBuy one and a half kilos of rice, that will do
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “one and a half” in Thai?
«หนึ่ง ครึ่ง», read “нынг кхрынг”. In a live sentence: “ซื้อ ข้าว หนึ่ง ครึ่ง กิโล พอ” — Buy one and a half kilos of rice, that will do. Numeral, level A2; written with the characters ห, น, ึ, ่, ง, ค, ร, ึ, ่, ง.
How is “หนึ่ง ครึ่ง” written in Latin letters?
нынг кхрынг. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Literally "one-half": after the number the Thai simply adds the half. An hour and a half, a kilogram and a half — by one pattern. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.