The study of the principles of use of "Meili, Piaoliang, Haokan" comparable to "Gorgeous, Beautiful, Good-looking" in Thai Lanuage

Abstract

              Chinese teaching for international students studying Chinese as a second language, especially Thai learners, the term “Meili Piaoliang and Haokan”. These three words in Chinese, despite their similar meaning, but in some situations it is not interchangeable. In addition, “Meili Piaoliang and Haokan”
also has other meanings than the main meaning. Therefore, this academic article had purposes to stuty the use of “Meili Piaoliang and Haokan” and compare it to “Gorgeous Beautiful and Good-looking”
In Thai language. Data collection related to “Meili Piaoliang and Haokan” from Peking University’s Chinese archives and “Gorgeous Beautiful and Good-looking” from The National Thai Archives to see how often these three adjectives were used, and collected sample sentences in both Chinese and Thai to perform
 a grammatical position and function comparison analysis having meaning other than the main meaning. The result showed that “Meili Piaoliang and Haokan” comparable to “Gorgeous Beautiful and Good looking”, these three words were sometimes not always comparable in terms of meaning and grammar. The authors hope that this article will be able to help those who are starting to learn Chinese to continue to understand and use these three synonymies correctly.