สิบ

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Thai

Thai numbers (edit)
 ←  1  ←  9 ๑๐
10
11  → [a], [b] 20  → [a], [b]
1
    Cardinal: สิบ (sìp)
    Ordinal: ที่สิบ (tîi-sìp)
    Multiplier: สิบเท่า

Etymology

From Middle Chinese (MC dzyip, “ten”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈᩥ᩠ᨷ, Lao ສິບ (sip), ᦉᦲᧇ (ṡiib), Tai Dam ꪎꪲꪚ, Shan သိပ်း (síp), Tai Nüa ᥔᥤᥙᥴ (síp), Ahom 𑜏𑜢𑜆𑜫 (sip), Bouyei xib, Zhuang cib, Saek ซิ̄บ.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicสิบ
s i ɓ
RomanizationPaiboonsìp
Royal Institutesip
(standard) IPA(key)/sip̚˨˩/(R)

Numeral

สิบ (sìp)

  1. 10 (Thai numeral: ๑๐ (10))

Descendants

  • Khmer: (in compounds) សិប (səp)
  • Northern Khmer: (in compounds) เซฺิ็บ

Noun

สิบ (sìp)

  1. ten.

Usage notes

When "one" is at the position of tens, use only สิบ; do not use หนึ่งสิบ.

Derived terms

See also

Playing cards in Thai · ไพ่ (pâi) (layout · text)
เอซ หรือ หนึ่ง (nʉ̀ng), (1) สอง (sɔ̌ɔng), (2) สาม (sǎam), (3) สี่ (sìi), (4) ห้า (hâa), (5) หก (hòk), (6) เจ็ด (jèt), (7)
แปด (bpɛ̀ɛt), (8) เก้า (gâao), (9) สิบ (sìp), ๑๐ (10) แจ็ค (jɛ̀k) ควีน (kwiin) คิง (king) โจ๊กเกอร์, โจ๊ก (jóok)