Chinese Thais

E269092

Chinese Thais are an ethnic Chinese community in Thailand whose members have integrated into Thai society while maintaining distinct cultural, linguistic, and commercial traditions.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Thai Chinese 4
Chinese Thais canonical 2
Chinese communities in Thailand 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
overseas Chinese community
alsoKnownAs Sino-Thai
linked to: Chinese Thais

Thai Chinese
linked to: Chinese Thais
ancestralSubgroups Cantonese
Hainanese
Hakka
Hokkien
Teochew
citizenship Thai
commonSurnames Sino-Thai surnames
country Thailand
culturalIntegration high
culturalPractice Chinese temple patronage
ancestor worship
celebration of Chinese New Year
celebration of Mid-Autumn Festival
celebration of Qingming Festival
ethnicOrigin Han Chinese
historicalMigrationPeak early 20th century
late 19th century
historicalMigrationPeriod Ayutthaya Kingdom era
linked to: Ayutthaya Kingdom

Rattanakosin Kingdom era
integrationCharacteristic adoption of Thai names
intermarriage with ethnic Thais
use of Thai as first language in younger generations
languageUsed Cantonese dialect
Hakka dialect
Hokkien dialect
Teochew dialect
Thai language
notableUrbanEnclave Bangkok Chinatown
primaryAncestralRegions southern China
regionWithSignificantPopulation Bangkok
Central Thailand
Eastern Thailand
Northern Thailand
linked to: northern Thailand

Southern Thailand
linked to: southern Thailand
religion Chinese folk religion
Christianity
Mahayana Buddhism
linked to: Mahayana

Taoism
Theravada Buddhism
linked to: Theravada
traditionalEconomicRole banking
commerce
industry
retail trade
rice trading
shipping
wholesale trade

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chinese Malaysians relatedGroup Chinese Thais
Trang hasMinorityGroup Thai Chinese community
linked to: Chinese Thais
Trang province hasPopulationGroup Thai Chinese
linked to: Chinese Thais
Chaleo Yoovidhya ethnicGroup Thai Chinese
linked to: Chinese Thais
Hoa diasporaLinks Chinese communities in Thailand
subject linked to: Hoa (ethnic Chinese in Vietnam)
linked to: Chinese Thais
Chinese Thais alsoKnownAs Thai Chinese
linked to: Chinese Thais
Chinese Thais alsoKnownAs Sino-Thai
linked to: Chinese Thais
Phuket Province hasEthnicCommunity Thai Chinese
linked to: Chinese Thais