Deserted Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Greetings all, I recently went to work in China and noticed that the Chinese word for horse is exactly the same as the Thai word for horse, that being ma of course. It's the only word I have found that they share in common, I wondered whether anyone else had come across words in Thai that exist in Chinese also. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedemon Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 There are many words that are the same or very similar between Thai and Cantonese e.g. the numbers 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uhuh Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 All numbers higher than one are Chinese loanwords Many terms of advanced technology like horse, cow, chair, shop, money... Google "Chinese loanwords in Thai" http://www.thai-language.com/forums/t/linguistics/vocabulary/t12559 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deserted Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share Posted December 9, 2018 On 12/9/2018 at 4:11 AM, uhuh said: All numbers higher than one are Chinese loanwords Many terms of advanced technology like horse, cow, chair, shop, money... Google "Chinese loanwords in Thai" http://www.thai-language.com/forums/t/linguistics/vocabulary/t12559 Thanks, link above won't open though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katia Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 It opens for me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deserted Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 Yes, opening now, many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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