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