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Time		Thai Script	(usually used)	(sometimes used)
1 a.m.	1		dtee neung
2 a.m.	2		dtee song
3 a.m.	3		dtee sam
4 a.m.	4		dtee see
5 a.m.	5		dtee har
6 a.m.	6		hok mong chao
7 a.m.	1		jed mong chao	neung mong chao
8 a.m.	2		bad mong chao	song mong chao
9 a.m.	3		gow mong chao	sam mong chao
10 a.m.	4		sib mong chao	see mong chao
11 a.m.	5		sib et mong chao	har mong chao
12 p.m.	6		tee-ung wan
1 p.m.	1		bai mong
2 p.m.	2		bai song mong
3 p.m.	3		bai sam mong	sam mong yen
4 p.m.	4		bai see mong	see mong yen
5 p.m.	5		har mong yen
6 p.m.	6		hok mong yen
7 p.m.	1		neung toom
8 p.m.	2		song toom
9 p.m.	3		sam toom
10 p.m.	4		see toom
11 p.m.	5		har toom
12 a.m.	6		tee-ung keun

TIPS:

• The day is split into four parts of six hours each.
• A Thai person might tell you that they will meet you at 1 o'clock tonight. They will probably mean "neung toom" which is actually 7 p.m. Always check this, even with fluent speakers.