Jingjok
Sois, odd and even, and house numbers
bâan lêek-tîi
Big Bangkok roads such as Sukhumvit work like a fishbone: the ถนน is the spine and numbered sois branch off it. On Sukhumvit, odd-numbered sois run off one side and even numbers off the other, and the two sides don't keep pace, so Soi 11 does not face Soi 12. Long sois have their own branches, written as Soi 11 Yaek 2 (ซอยสิบเอ็ด แยกสอง). A Thai address runs from small to big: house number, soi, road, then subdistrict and district. The house number is often two numbers, like 99/12: the first is the original plot of land and the second the house built on it, so the numbers along a soi may jump around. Give drivers the road and soi, not the number.
Try this today
Write your own address in Thai the way a driver needs it: building name, ซอย, ถนน.
The words that carry it
Your first 90 days of Thai
Culture cards in Jingjok are tied to the words that carry them, each ending in one thing to try today.
- WEEKS 1–2 · SURVIVEGreet anyone, pay, and order food and 7-Eleven exactly how you like it.
- WEEKS 3–6 · SETTLE INGet around by taxi, Grab and skytrain, find anything, and handle your landlord.
- WEEKS 7–12 · RUN YOUR LIFEPharmacy, bank, SIM and apps, how you feel, and a weekend away, all in Thai.
The first week is free.