Bangkok in Chinese

曼谷

Màn gǔ

Capital of Thailand

The capital of Bangkok (Thailand) is written in Chinese as 曼谷. In Mandarin Chinese, this is pronounced Màn gǔ — a phonetic rendering that follows standard transliteration conventions used in Chinese media and official documents.

Character-by-character pronunciation

曼Màn
谷gǔ

曼谷 is written with 2 characters: 曼 (Màn), 谷 (gǔ). Each character represents one syllable of the phonetic approximation of Bangkok.

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Chinese rendering follows standard transliteration conventions · for reference