‘Thank you’ in Various Asian Languages

Sudden revelation! In Chinese, the usual way to say ‘thank you’ is 谢谢 xièxie, though there is also a more formal word 感谢 gǎnxiè, which has roughly the same meaning.

In Vietnamese, ‘thank you’ is ‘Cảm Ơn’, which is pronounced something like ‘gam un’. It sounds curiously like the Chinese word 感恩, which means ‘to be grateful’ (it’s used in the Chinese word for Thanksgiving – 感恩节).