Posted by Al Chinn on July 17, 2002 at 11:47:44:
In Reply to: Chinese equivalent of surname "Thai" posted by Nghiem Lang Thai on July 16, 2002 at 16:21:43:
Vietnamese Thai is either Tai (in Thailand as you mentioned) or Cai in Mandarin
: Hello,
: My paternal grandfather was an ethnic Chinese (from the Canton region) born in Saigon, Vietnam. His surname is rendered Th�i (Thai, with acute accent over the "a") in Vietnamese. I have asked several Cantonese speakers to write the Chinese character for this name, and they have all written the character which means "peace", "grand" or "Thai" (as in Thailand). As far as I know, this surname is unique and doesn't have any associated meaning. Can anyone shed further light?