1 a.m.
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- 1 1 a.m.、one o'clock in the morning
A common everyday Thai time expression meaning 1:00 a.m., one hour after midnight.
1 a.m.、one o'clock in the morning
Refers to 1:00 a.m. and can be used directly in a sentence to state when something happens.
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ตอนนี้ตีหนึ่งแล้ว tɔɔn níi tii nʉ̀ŋ lɛ́ɛw It’s already 1 a.m. ตอนนี้ตีหนึ่งแล้ว details
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เขากลับบ้านตีหนึ่ง khǎw klàp bâan tii nʉ̀ŋ He came home at 1 a.m. เขากลับบ้านตีหนึ่ง details
Learning notes
Explanation
ตีหนึ่ง refers to 1:00 a.m., after midnight. It consists of ตี plus หนึ่ง (“one”). Here, ตี is not used in its ordinary sense of “hit” or “strike”; it is part of the traditional Thai system for telling the hours late at night and before dawn. The expression is historically associated with striking a bell or drum to announce the hour. The same pattern appears in ตีสอง (2 a.m.), ตีสาม (3 a.m.), ตีสี่ (4 a.m.), and ตีห้า (5 a.m.). ตอนตีหนึ่ง can be used to mean “at 1 a.m.,” though ตอน is often omitted in conversation.
Usage
Common in everyday conversations about going to bed, coming home, working late, making a late-night call, or closing a business at 1 a.m. Formal schedules and announcements may instead use 01:00 or หนึ่งนาฬิกา.
Caution
ตีหนึ่ง means 1 a.m. เที่ยงคืน is midnight, while บ่ายโมง is 1 p.m. Treat ตีหนึ่ง as a complete time expression rather than interpreting ตี here as the ordinary verb “to hit.”