Thursday, 3 May 2012

Thai - Thai-Cantonese Similar Phrases

The followings are some Thai phrases which are similar to Cantonese.

กัน-ดีกว่า-แก้
預防-好過(勝於)-治療
Prevent - Better than - cure (Prevention is better than cure)

มาสาย-ดีกว่า-ไม่มา
遲到-好過- 
Came late - better than - not come (It's better to come late than not coming)

กด-เงิน
- (到銀行自動櫃員機拿錢)
Press/Push - Money (To withdraw money from ATM)

กล้วย-สอง-หวี 
--
Banana - two - comb (two bunches of bananas)

ไม่-พบ-ไม่-เลิก
---
not - meet/see - not - leave (Be there or be square)

ไป-ไหน-มา
-邊度-o
go - where - come (Where did you go [and came back]?)

ไม่เห็น-โลงศพ-ไม่หลั่ง-น้ำตา
--唔流-眼淚
not see - coffin - not shed - eye water(tear) (never sheds tears until seeing your own coffin; meaning someone is regret until it is already too late)

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