สิบ
sìp
Meanings
1NounA1
ten
the number ten
Examples
ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)กล่องglòngกล่องglòng1box; case; container2classifier: boxes; box-shaped containersมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoดินสอdin sŏrดินสอdin sŏr1pencil2CL: pencilsสิบsìpสิบsìp1ten2ten- (teens)3tens place/decadeแท่งtâengแท่งtâeng1rod; bar; stick (solid, elongated piece)2classifier (long, solid pieces)
There are ten pencils in the box.
2NounA2
ten- (teens)
forms the numbers eleven to nineteen when combined with another digit (e.g., สิบเอ็ดสิบเอ็ดsìp èteleven (11), สิบห้าสิบห้าsìp hâafifteen (15))
Examples
น้องnóngน้องnóng1younger sibling2junior; younger personอ่านàanอ่านàan1[to] read2[to] read aloud; pronounce3[to] interpret; make sense ofได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)ถึงtĕungถึงtĕung1to; toward (recipient/goal)2even; so ... that; to the point that3as far as; concerning (formal)4to; until; up to5[to] arrive; reachเลขlékเลขlék1number; numeral; digit2math; arithmetic (subject)3lottery number4numeric; numericalสิบเอ็ดsìp ètสิบเอ็ดsìp èteleven (11)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)
My little sibling can read up to the number eleven now.
3NounB2
tens place/decade
indicates the tens position or a span of ten (e.g., หลักสิบหลักสิบlàk sìp1tens place; tens digit2in the tens (quantity/magnitude), ทศวรรษทศวรรษtót-sà-wátdecade ‘decade’ related form)
Examples
เลขlékเลขlék1number; numeral; digit2math; arithmetic (subject)3lottery number4numeric; numericalในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)หลักสิบlàk sìpหลักสิบlàk sìp1tens place; tens digit2in the tens (quantity/magnitude)ของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsจำนวนjam-nuuanจำนวนjam-nuuan1number; amount; quantity2cardinal number; numerical value3a number of; severalนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)คือkeuคือkeu1to be (definition/identification)2namely; that is; i.e.3focus/clarifying marker after subject4
The digit in the tens place of this number is 4.