Direction (north, south, east, west) in Thai

“Direction (north, south, east, west)” in Thai is ทิศtít; you'll also hear ทิศทางtít-taang (in general).

ทิศ tít

direction (north, south, east, west) noun

tít high

High: start high and go a little higher, a bit tense; don’t let it fall.

ทิศเหนือtít nǔea = north, ทิศใต้tít dtâi = south.

ทิศทาง tít-taang

direction (of the wind, of a plan) noun in general

tít high
taang mid

High: start high and go a little higher, a bit tense; don’t let it fall.

You'll hear ทิศtít in Lom Plian Thit (ลมเปลี่ยนทิศ).

How to use it

ทิศtít is a compass direction, and it comes before the direction's name: ทิศเหนือtít-nǔea, north, ทิศใต้tít-dtâi, south, ทิศตะวันออกtít dtà-wan-àwk, east, where the sun, ตะวันdtà-wan, comes out, and ทิศตะวันตกtít dtà-wan-dtòk, west, where it falls. Thais ask which way a house or a condo faces before they buy or rent: rooms facing north or east stay cooler. A compass is a เข็มทิศkěm-tít, a "direction needle". Direction in a wider sense, of the wind, a career or a company, is ทิศทางtít-taang, and the way to somewhere is ทางtaang.