Time, days and hours in Thai
136 words in Thai on the topic “time, days and hours”: โมง — o'clock; hour, วัน — day, วัน นี้ — today, พรุ่ง นี้ — tomorrow.
136 words on the topic
- โมงмонгo'clock; hourThe hours are counted in bell strikes: saam mong — "three o'clock", literally "three strikes". The unit of time here is not "an hour" but a strike
- วันванdayThe day, the twenty-four hours, and the first half of every weekday: wan chan — "moon day", Monday. "All day" is thang wan
- วัน นี้ван нийtodayLiterally "day this". Time in Thai is assembled from nouns, not conjugation: yesterday is "the past day", tomorrow "the coming day"
- พรุ่ง นี้пхрунг нийtomorrowLiterally "morning this": tomorrow begins in the morning. Meetings are set with it too: phrung nii joe gan — "see you tomorrow"
- เมื่อ วานмыа ванyesterdayLiterally "once at daytime". The verb does not change at all: "yesterday I go to the market" is correct Thai — the time is named by the word
- เช้าчаоmorningDo not confuse with chai, "yes", and chaa, "tea" — three chao-syllables told apart by tone and length. "In the morning" is ton chao, "at the morning period"
- เย็นйенeveningThe same word means "cool" and "cooled": Thai feels its evening as the coolness. Iced coffee is kafae yen — "cooled coffee"
- คืนкхуэнnightThe night as "this night": khuen nii. There is no separate "overnight" here — Thai names time by events, not by clock hours
- อาหาร เช้าахан чаоbreakfastLiterally "food of the morning": familiar words in a pair. The hotel sign says the same — breakfast included
- อาหาร เที่ยงахан тиангlunchLiterally "food of noon". It sounds like tiang, "bed" — the first consonant and the tone tell them apart, a pair from the furniture lesson
- อาหาร เย็นахан йенdinner; supperLiterally "food of the evening": the familiar yen, "evening", here about the time, not the coolness. Assembled by the same scheme as breakfast
- วัน ละ สอง ครั้งван ла сонг кхрангtwice a dayLiterally "per day by two times": la is "per", the one in the per-piece price. Khrang is "time", the one in "once more"
- กี่ โมงкий монгat what time?Literally "how many strikes": the clock Thai counts in mong strikes. The question word kii stands in front
- ดึก แล้วдык лаэоit is late alreadyLiterally "already deep night": duek is the late hour when the streets empty. About the time when someone missed the deadline another word is used
- ก่อนконfirst (before doing)The same word as in "before": first is "earlier" in the pure form. By ear it coincides with the word "lump" — the tone tells them apart; here it falls
- ต่อ มาтхёр маthen; afterwardsLiterally "having continued": continue plus "come". The word of the story: first there was one thing, then — another
- หลัง จาก นั้นланг джак нанafter thatLiterally "behind from that": the familiar back in the role of "after". The pointer word is the demonstrative "that", which you know from "there"
- กระ ทั่วкра тхуаfinally; at lastLiterally "all the way to that": the finally after which the event did happen at last. It carries relief and often goes with the still-particle
- ขณะ ที่кхана тиwhile; at the time whenLiterally "at the moment when": the first word is an instant, a word of the bulletins. Two deeds go side by side, and Thai puts them into one phrase without an "and"
- พร้อม กันпхром канsimultaneously; at the same timeLiterally "together-with each other": the familiar each-other makes the action shared. Do not confuse by ear with the carpet — it is written with a long vowel and another tone
- ก่อน ที่кон тиbefore (doing)The familiar "earlier" plus the ordinal link: together they make a conjunction. A comma before it is usual, and the future tense Thai does not mark here
- หลัง จาก ที่ланг джак тиafter (doing)The mirror of "before": the same back word, the same link. The events line up in a chain, and each waits for its place
- ทัน ทีтан тиas soon asLiterally "land in the moment": two actions glue into one time. From it will grow the "immediately" — the same root, doubled
- ตั้ง แต่ นั้นтанг тэ нанsince then; ever sinceLiterally "starting from that": the starting-from you heard in "since which day". After it comes the change that stayed
- เสมอсамёрalwaysOne word with an even falling tone: it stands before the verb or at the very end of the phrase. Its pair is the familiar "never" with the negation
- บ่อยбойoftenA short word with a high tone: "often" in Thai lives in one syllable. Doubled, it means "every so often, now and then"
- นานๆ ทีнааннаан тиrarely; seldomLiterally "long long times": rarity Thai measures by the length of the pause between events. The repeat sign doubles the word, as in "really-really"
- บาง ครั้งбанг кхрангsometimesLiterally "some times": the first word is "some", the same syllable as in "something". It stands at the start, and it is the ready answer to "always?"
- ไม่ เคยмай кхёйnever (in one's life)Literally "not ever": the ever-word without the negation means "have ever". No double negation, as in English, is needed here — one suffices
- ปกติпокатиusually; normallyOne word means both "usually" and "fine": "everything as usual". It describes a habit, not a rule
- นานнаанlong (in time); for a long timeLength in time is measured by this word: waited long, rode long. Do not confuse by ear with "that" — the vowel is long and the sense is different
- ทุก ครั้งтхук кхрангevery time; each timeLiterally "every time": the familiar every plus the familiar time from "once more". With the link it turns into "every time that..."
- เป็น ครั้งๆпен кхрангкхрангfrom time to time; once in a whileLiterally "happens in times": the same doubling as in "rarely", but softer. So one speaks of what happens with no schedule
- ถึง ตอน นี้тхынг тон нийuntil now; so farLiterally "having reached this moment": three familiar words — arrive, period, this. It stands at the start and most often leads to "still"
- ทัน ใดтан дайsuddenly; all of a suddenLiterally "in that instant": a short word of the storyteller; after it the event breaks the plan. The initial letter is the same as in "whenever"
- ล่วง หน้าлуанг нааin advance; beforehandLiterally "overtaking the front": the first word is to get ahead of, the second is "front". It stands after the action: book, pay, cook — all in advance
- ทัน เว ลาтан ве лааon time; punctuallyLiterally "hit the time": the same hit-the-moment root as in "as soon as". On time means not late, and "exactly on schedule" is said differently
- ด่วนдыанurgent; expressOne word on the envelope and in the headline: urgent news, extra-urgent. By ear it coincides with the word "month" — the tone tells them apart
- ทันทันทีтантантиimmediately; right awayA triple "hit the moment": an echo-word, the loudest "immediately" in the language. It is written as one piece and said the same way
- ที ละ น้อยти ла нойgradually; little by littleLiterally "by a little at a time": the parts are "a time", "per" and "little". The familiar per from "twice a day" works here too
- นาที สุด ท้ายнаати сут тхаайat the last momentLiterally "minute the very last": the familiar last from the list plus the minute. Thais buy a ticket at such a minute no less often than we do
- ช้า หรือ เร็วчаа рыэ рэвsooner or laterLiterally "slow or fast": Thai counts not the days but the speed — it will happen one way or another. The or is the one to remember: it serves in every question of choice
- สัก วันсак ванone day; somedayLiterally "some day": the some is "some, about". It looks to the future: "someday I will go"; fairy tales Thais begin differently
- ตอน เป็น เด็กтон пен декin childhoodLiterally "in the period of being a child": Thai does not conjugate "was" — the phrase means both "when I was" and "when she was". The time is made by the period word, not the verb
- สมัย นั้นсамай нанin those times; back thenThe era word is a period; "in those times" is that era, that one. About a far-off time Thais speak with a sigh — and at once it is clear: no phones yet
- นาน แล้วнаан лаэоit was long agoLiterally "long already": Thai does not say "long ago" — it says "long-already". The farther the past, the longer the sigh: "already very long ago"
- ครั้ง แรกкхранг лэкthe first timeThe time is the classifier for events; the first is the same as in the first job. The first time Thai counts like a first salary — as an event
- อนาคตанаакхотfutureA Sanskrit word, short and important: Thai builds no future tense of the verb — it puts the will-marker, and the future stays for plans and talks about life
- อดีตадитthe pastA short Sanskrit word: everything that has already passed. The pair of the future; between them is the present, but there is no word for it in the lesson — Thais live in today
- แผน ระยะ ใกล้пхэн райа клайnear-term plansLiterally "plan of close distance": the distance is both distance and stage — it is from this unit; the close is near. Thai measures near-term plans like a road: here it is, close
- อีก หนึ่ง ปีик нынг пийin a yearLiterally "one more year": Thai counts the future from today, like change. A year ago will be said differently: the year before
- ตลอด เว ลาталот ве лааconstantly; all the timeLiterally "through all the time": the through is through and through, with no gaps — the same as the road through. "Constantly" Thai measures with time without holes, like an unbroken street
- ชั่ว คราวчуа кхраоtemporarilyLiterally "for a term-interval": the first word is a short term — the one in rush hour too; the second is a spell, an interval. Closed for renovation — and it is an honest promise
- เว ลา ที่ สะดวกве лаа ти сапхуакa convenient timeLiterally "time that is convenient": the link glues on "which" — you know it; the convenient is about both a passage and a time. They ask straight: "when is convenient for you?"
- นัด เว ลาнат ве лааto set a timeThe arrange is the same as in the date and the doctor's appointment. Thai sets the time like a date — because every meeting is a bit of a date
- บ่ายбаайin the afternoon; after lunchOne word instead of the English four: it is all the time after noon. Morning, evening — and between them a long afternoon, when Thais drink iced coffee
- ช่วง เย็นчхуанг йенtoward evening; early eveningLiterally "band of evening": the stretch is a segment — the one in the stage and the probation period. Thai cuts the evening into bands, like a watermelon; this one is the softest
- เว ลา ไหน ก็ ได้ве лаа наи ко даайat any timeLiterally "time anywhere also fine": the frame "anything will do" is the Thai frame of "whatever". It works with days and places alike: change the word — the frame is the same
- ไม่ ก่อน ห้า โมงмай кон хаа монгnot earlier than fiveLiterally "not before five o'clock": the before is the same as in goodbye; the o'clock is how Thai counts the clock face. The evening markets open exactly so
- ไป ทัน แน่ นอนпай тхан нэн нонI will be on timeLiterally "go manage surely": the manage is the one in "on time"; the surely is yours. Thai promises not "to be" but "to make it in time" — it is more honest
- จน กว่าджон квааuntilLiterally "up to the point that": the up-to is to the limit. The English "not" is not needed — the limit itself closes the waiting
- ศตวรรษсатаватcenturyLiterally "hundred-round": the hundred and the round. The nineteenth century follows the pattern of the twentieth floor. The final consonant is not heard
- ยุคйукera; epochOne syllable, "yuk": a big stretch with its own character — the internet era. A smaller stretch is the span-of-time — more on that below
- ทศวรรษтхасаватdecadeBuilt like the century: the ten and the round. The eighties takes it with eight. Read "tho-sa-wat", no stress on the last syllable
- ช่วง เว ลาчуанг ве лааperiodLiterally "stretch of time": both words you know — the stretch from the break, the time from the clock. The Thai counts a period as honestly as the gap between buses
- ชั่ว ขณะчуа кханаinstant; momentLiterally "brief moment": the brief is a short term and the moment you know from "while". A somewhat longer moment is the stretch of time
- ยาว นานйао наанlong; lengthy (in time)Literally "long-long": the long about time means lengthy, as about a table it means long. A road, an illness and a repair can all be equally lengthy
- ช่วง นี้чуанг нийthese days; soonLiterally "this stretch": Thais say it for "now", "soon" and "lately" alike. The stretch you know from the break and the period
- ปัจจุบันпатчубанnowadaysOne bookish word: nowadays, in our time. In the news and articles it stands exactly so; in speech the now is said more often
- แต่ ไหน แต่ ไรтэ най тэ райsince time immemorialLiterally "from where — since when": from ancient times, always. In stories of old customs the phrase sounds constantly
- ใน ไม่ กี่ นาทีнаи май кий натиin a matter of minutesLiterally "in not-how-many minutes": the few is a negation plus a question word. The Thai measures speed in minutes, not in instants
- ทัน สมัยтан самайmodernLiterally "in step with the era": the era you know from "in those times". About technology, clothes and methods it is said alike
- โบราณборанancientA bookish word for ancient, age-old: ancient times takes it. Simply "old" is the other word, without a shade of millennia
- สมัย ก่อนсамай конin the old days; former timesLiterally "era before": former times. No separate word for "the old days" is kept — it is said just like "in old times"
- บาง ครั้ง บาง คราวбанг кхранг банг кхраоoccasionally; now and thenLiterally "sometimes a time, sometimes a while": from time to time, but rarer than the familiar sometimes. The familiar some and time are gathered into a pair
- ราย วันраай ванdailyLiterally "by-day": so are built the day schedule and the daily report. The same trick you saw in the monthly pass
- สม่ำ เสมอсамам самёрregularlyLiterally "even-even": without skips, on schedule. To exercise regularly takes this doubled adverb
- เป็น ครั้ง แรกпен кхранг рэкfor the first timeLiterally "being the first time": the first time you know. The be turns it into "for the first time in my life"
- ใหม่ อีก ครั้งмай ик кхрангanew; againLiterally "again once more": only the word order is new here. To do it anew is do-new-once-again, and everything is clear
- บ่อย ขึ้น ทุก วันбой кхын тхук ванmore and more oftenLiterally "more often with each day": the up adds growth, the every day sets the step. "More and more expensive" and "better and better" are built the same way
- วัน ธรรมดาван тхаммадаon weekdaysLiterally "ordinary days": weekdays against days off. The ordinary word has no shade of "plain" — it simply means "not a holiday"
- ครั้ง ได้ ครั้ง เสียкхранг даай кхранг сиаevery other timeLiterally "one time works, one time fails": now lucky, now not. About a person who promises and forgets the Thais say exactly this
- ปี ละ ครั้งпий ла кхрангonce a yearLiterally "in a year per time": the familiar pattern from "twice a day". Frequency the Thai counts with the per — so many per unit of time
- อยู่ เรื่อยๆю рыырыыconstantly; again and againLiterally "continuously-flowing": time after time, without end. The phone rings constantly — it sounds again and again
- ขณะ นั้นкхана нанmeanwhile; at that momentLiterally "at that moment": the moment you know from "while". It goes at the start of the phrase when something else happens in parallel
- ขนาน กันкханаан канparallel; in parallelLiterally "beside-paired": about lines — parallel, about tasks — run at the same time. To study in parallel with work takes this verb plus the with
- ถึง ตอน นั้นтхынг тон нанuntil then; by that timeLiterally "reach until that moment": by then. Often the not-yet follows: until then did not know yet
- ภาย หลังпхай лангafterwards; subsequentlyLiterally "in the tail of time": later, subsequently. A bookish word of newspapers; conversation says the after-that
- วัน ก่อนван конthe day beforeLiterally "day before": the day before, the previous day. The pair of the familiar next time — one about yesterday, the other about tomorrow
- ต่อ จาก นี้тхёр джак нийhenceforth; going forwardLiterally "onward from this": from now on, in the future. In letters and contracts the phrase stands in a visible place
- คราว นี้кхрао нийthis timeLiterally "this while": this time. The pair of the familiar next time: one about now, the other about later
- ทัน กำ หนดтан кам нотon time; in due timeLiterally "time at the deadline": the deadline you know from the payment due date. The familiar on-time is about a person; this one is about the business
- ย้อน หลังйон лангbackdated; retroactivelyLiterally "turn backward": with a date earlier than the true one. About the past it means "looking back"; about documents — "backdated"
- ไม่ ผัด วันмай пхат ванwithout delayLiterally "not postpone the day": at once, without putting off. The postponing you know; the negation turns it into a promise
- กุมภาพันธ์кумпхапханFebruaryIt follows January — mokharakhom, which you already know. Named after the Water Carrier: Thai named all its months after the zodiac signs
- มีนาคมминакхомMarchMarch is "the Fish" by the zodiac. Together with April it closes the hottest season of the Thai year
- เมษายนмесайонAprilApril is "the Ram". In its middle falls the Thai new year, Songkran: everyone is obliged to get doused with water
- พฤษภาคมпхрытсапхакхомMayMay is "the Bull". It begins with phrue — the same letter as November: the two longest month names in a pair
- มิถุนายนмитхунаёнJuneJune is "the Twins". Months ending in yon have thirty days; those ending in khom have thirty-one
- สิงหาคมсингхакхомAugustIt follows July — karakadakhom, which you already know. Named after the Lion, and the rainy season is in full swing
- กันยายนканяёнSeptemberSeptember is "the Virgin". It is pronounced in four syllables: kan-ya-yon, and the y here is short, dragging no vowel after it
- ตุลาคมтулакхомOctoberOctober is "the Scales". The last month of the rains: after it the sky stays clear until February
- พฤศจิกายนпхрытсаджикайонNovemberNovember is "the Scorpion". The cool season begins with it — the one Thailand waits for all year
- ธันวาคมтханвакхомDecemberDecember is "the Archer". The coolest and most festive month: after it the count of months starts anew with January
- ปีпийyearThe Thai year is its own: 543 is added to ours, and 2026 is 2569 in Thai — in dates you hear it constantly. You knew the word from "this year" and "last year"
- นาทีнатиminuteThe unit of time is the measure itself, no classifier needed after it: haa nati — five minutes. You have seen the word in timetables
- วินาทีвинатиsecondThe same tail as in "minute": both measures arrived from one Sanskrit word for time. There are sixty of them in a minute — and Thai counts the same
- ครึ่ง ชั่ว โมงкхрынг чуа монгhalf an hourLiterally "half of an hour": khrueng you know from "half a kilo". The hour of duration is chua mong, while the clock hours are mong: different words
- เที่ยงтиангnoonIt argues with the word "bed" almost completely: the first consonant and the tone tell them apart — noon's falls. "At noon" is ton thiang
- เที่ยงคืนтиангкхуэнmidnightThe pair of noon: the same thiang plus the familiar khuen, "night". It is written together, as one word
- ยี่ สิบ สี่ ชั่ว โมงйи сип си чуа монгtwenty-four hours; around the clockThai has no separate word for a full day: people say "twenty-four hours" or simply wan, "day". On signs it is written short: 24 chm
- ร้อย ปีрой пийcentenary; hundred yearsA centenary as a round date: "the school is a hundred years old". The span of a hundred years is the "century" word, which is already in the course; do not swap one for the other
- ตอน นี้тон нийnowLiterally "period this": ton is the same "period" as in "in the morning" and "in the evening". The answer to "when?" almost always starts with it
- กำหนดкамнотdeadline; termThe very word from "payment term" and "delivery term" — here it is itself. Literally "what was set in advance"
- ต่อ ไปто пайnextLiterally "continuing on": it follows the noun — "month next". The familiar to is right here, meaning "to continue"
- ที่ แล้วти лаэоlast; previous"The one that already was": thi plus the familiar laeo. It follows the noun — "week last", like every modifier in Thai
- มา สายма саайto be lateLiterally "come late": Thai also knows saai as "a call, a line" — now it has a second job, "lateness". The familiar ma cha lives nearby — both are said
- ไม่ สายмай саайto make it in timeLiterally "not late": Thai speaks of making it through the negation of lateness. There is also than — to make it by a concrete deadline
- อีก ครั้งик кхрангonce more; againLiterally "one more time": the familiar ik, "more", plus khrang, "time". The request "say it again" is assembled from three words you know
- เร็วๆ นี้рэорэо нийsoonLiterally "fast-fast": posters say "soon" this way and the news announces it. The repeat sign ๆ doubles the word — reo-reo
- นาน มา แล้วнаан ма лаэоa long time ago"Long already": the familiar naan, "long", plus laeo, "already". You know naan laeo — "it was long ago"; here the same with a boost
- เมื่อ ไม่ นาน นี้мыа май наан нийrecently; not long agoLiterally "when not long": the negation of the familiar naan. Long, but every word is already known — it assembles like a constructor
- ดึกдыкlate (at night)About the late hour of the day: "go to bed late". About a person who missed the deadline Thai says saai — that is the other "late"
- เช้าๆчаочаоearlyThe same chao as in "morning", doubled: it means "early on". The sign ๆ is written tight and transcribed by doubling — chao-chao
- เร็วрэоfast; quicklyA short dead syllable — a falling tone. Both "fast" and "quick": the Thai word does not split adverb from adjective
- เพิ่งпынгjust (now)It stands before the verb: "just ate". A mid tone, a live syllable — do not confuse by ear with phit, "guilty"
- ตอน เช้าтон чаоin the morningLiterally "at the morning period": ton is "period", chao the "morning" you know. Chao alone does not do the time adverb job — Thai pairs it with ton
- ตอน บ่ายтон байin the afternoonBaai is the period after noon; the day in general is wan, and the afternoon stretch is only baai. The pair with ton works like "in the morning" from the same lesson
- ตอน เย็นтон йенin the eveningYen means both "evening" and "cool": Thai feels its evening as the coolness after the heat. You know it from "good evening" — here it became an adverb
- ตอน กลาง คืนтон клаанг кхуэнat nightLiterally "in the middle of the night": klaang is "middle", khuen the "night" you know. Three words holding together as one
- ทุก วันтхук ванevery dayThuk, "every", stands before the word and changes nothing else: the verb stays as it was
- ตลอด วันталот ванall dayTalaat is "through and through, without a break": the whole day at a stretch. Do not confuse with thuk wan, "every day": there the days repeat, here the day stretches
- เดี๋ยวдыаоa moment; just a secLives in speech as "one moment": wait a moment — diaao. With this one word Thai answers both "when?" and "hold on"
- นาฬิกา แขวนнааликаа кхвэнwall clockLiterally "hanging clock" — the wall kind. Naalika alone is any clock; the wristwatch you have met as naalika kho mua, a hand clock
- ตอน นี้ กี่ โมงтон ний кий монгwhat time is it?Literally "now how many strikes": kii mong, "at what time", you know — the clock question is the same, with a "now" added in front
- เมื่อ ไหร่ ก็ ได้мыа рай ко дайwhenever; anytimeIt closes the row of ko dai: anywhere, to any place — and at any time; the question "when" — muea rai — you know from the time questions
How it sounds in a sentence
A word list is a blank. Conversation is made of sentences, and these are the ones the words fit into most often.
What is worth knowing about these words
โมง (монг) — o'clock; hour. The hours are counted in bell strikes: saam mong — "three o'clock", literally "three strikes". The unit of time here is not "an hour" but a strike.
วัน (ван) — day. The day, the twenty-four hours, and the first half of every weekday: wan chan — "moon day", Monday. "All day" is thang wan.
วัน นี้ (ван ний) — today. Literally "day this". Time in Thai is assembled from nouns, not conjugation: yesterday is "the past day", tomorrow "the coming day".
พรุ่ง นี้ (пхрунг ний) — tomorrow. Literally "morning this": tomorrow begins in the morning. Meetings are set with it too: phrung nii joe gan — "see you tomorrow".
Test yourself
Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than recognizing a familiar word — and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “o'clock; hour” in Thai?
The hours are counted in bell strikes: saam mong — "three o'clock", literally "three strikes". The unit of time here is not "an hour" but a strike
- How do you say “night” in Thai?
The night as "this night": khuen nii. There is no separate "overnight" here — Thai names time by events, not by clock hours
- How do you say “first (before doing)” in Thai?
The same word as in "before": first is "earlier" in the pure form. By ear it coincides with the word "lump" — the tone tells them apart; here it falls
- How do you say “after (doing)” in Thai?
The mirror of "before": the same back word, the same link. The events line up in a chain, and each waits for its place
- How do you say “never (in one's life)” in Thai?
Literally "not ever": the ever-word without the negation means "have ever". No double negation, as in English, is needed here — one suffices
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
Today, tomorrow, in the morning, at six. You cannot arrange to meet without these — let alone understand the answer.
A list is read in a minute and forgotten in a day. What works: hide the translation, try to recall, get it wrong — and come back to the same words tomorrow.
- 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.
- Study spread over days wins not only in experiments but in ordinary classrooms, with real students.checked many timesMawson & Kang, 2025, Behavioral Sciences 15(6):771 · 22 studies, d = 0.54 (confidence interval 0.31–0.77). The authors warn that individual studies disagree widely.
Frequently asked
How do you say “o'clock; hour” in Thai?
«โมง», read “монг”. The hours are counted in bell strikes: saam mong — "three o'clock", literally "three strikes". The unit of time here is not "an hour" but a strike. It is one of 136 words in the set “time, days and hours” — the rest are in the table above.
How many time words do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 136 words, but there is no need to start with all of it: the words you will need in the next few days are enough. Take them a few at a time — five to seven new ones per session.