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How to Say and Understand Prices in Thai

Ask how much something costs, recognise the amount you hear, and answer confidently. This guide combines essential phrases with the number patterns used in Thai shops, taxis, cafés, and markets.

Published by Forma Corporation · Updated 20 August 2026 · About 10 minutes

ราคาเท่าไหร่ครับ / คะ

raa-khaa thâo-rài khráp / khâ
How much is it?

Six essential Thai price phrases

ราคาเท่าไหร่raa-khaa thâo-rài
How much is the price?

อันนี้เท่าไหร่an-níi thâo-rài
How much is this one?

กี่บาทgìi bàat
How many baht?

ทั้งหมดเท่าไหร่tháng-mòt thâo-rài
How much altogether?

แพงไปphaaeng bpai
That is too expensive.

ลดได้ไหมlót dâai mái
Can you reduce the price?

Add the polite particle ครับ (khráp, commonly used by men) or ค่ะ (khâ, commonly used by women in statements) to sound courteous. Individual speakers may choose the particle that fits their identity and speech style.

Understanding the answer

A price usually follows the normal Thai number pattern and ends with บาท (bàat). Listen first for place-value words:

Key place values

สิบ = ten · ร้อย = hundred · พัน = thousand · หมื่น = ten thousand

Common Thai prices
Price	Thai	Pronunciation guide
฿20	ยี่สิบบาท	yîi-sìp bàat
฿35	สามสิบห้าบาท	sǎam-sìp-hâa bàat
฿50	ห้าสิบบาท	hâa-sìp bàat
฿99	เก้าสิบเก้าบาท	gâao-sìp-gâao bàat
฿120	หนึ่งร้อยยี่สิบบาท	nʉ̀ng-rɔ́ɔi yîi-sìp bàat
฿350	สามร้อยห้าสิบบาท	sǎam-rɔ́ɔi hâa-sìp bàat
฿1,500	หนึ่งพันห้าร้อยบาท	nʉ̀ng-phan hâa-rɔ́ɔi bàat
฿12,000	หนึ่งหมื่นสองพันบาท	nʉ̀ng-mʉ̀ʉn sɔ̌ɔng-phan bàat

Convert and hear any Thai price

Amount in baht (0–99,999)

สองร้อยเจ็ดสิบห้าบาท฿275

How to decode a spoken price

Catch the largest place value. Hearing พัน tells you the amount includes thousands; ร้อย signals hundreds.

Listen for สิบ. The digit before สิบ tells you the tens, except twenty uses ยี่สิบ.

Listen for the final digit. A final one after tens is เอ็ด, as in ยี่สิบเอ็ด (21).

Confirm when needed. Repeat the number or show it on a calculator rather than pretending you understood.

Baht, satang, and how prices appear

The baht symbol is ฿ and the Thai word is บาท. One baht equals 100 สตางค์ (satang). Satang still appears in formal pricing and some supermarkets, although everyday cash totals are often rounded to whole baht.

A written price such as ฿49.50 can be read formally as สี่สิบเก้าบาทห้าสิบสตางค์. Digital payments make exact satang amounts possible even when small satang coins are uncommon in daily exchanges.

Listening traps to practise

15 versus 50: สิบห้า is 15; ห้าสิบ is 50. The order reverses.
12 versus 20: สิบสอง is 12; ยี่สิบ is 20.
21, 31, 41: numbers ending in one after a tens value use เอ็ด.
Fast speech: sellers may omit บาท when the context is obvious.
Large totals: identify หมื่น, พัน, and ร้อย before filling in smaller digits.

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