Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Thailand
National Language
China, Taiwan
Thailand
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
Similar To
Not Available
Lao Language
Derived From
Not Available
Khmer Language
Alphabets in
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Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Thai
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Please
请 (Qǐng)
โปรด (Pord)
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Isan
Dialect 2
Wu
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Northern Thailand
Dialect 3
Yue
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Not Available
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
German Name
Chinesisch
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Han
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
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Tai
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Thai
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sini1245
thai1261
Linguasphere
79-AAA
47-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating
Chinese and Thai Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Chinese and Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Thai language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chinese vs Thai Difficulty
The Chinese vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese Alphabets and Thai Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Chinese and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.