论泰国与中国在鬼信仰文化中的“鬼” = Spirits and Beliefs between Thai and Chinese culture

This research is a study of language and culture in order to create an understanding of thinking systems, beliefs and cultures of Thai and Chinese people. The objectives of the study were : 1) to classify and analyze the methods of naming ghosts in Thai and Chinese, 2) to study the ＂ghosts＂ in the belief between Thais and Chinese . This study is a documentary research. The results of the study were as follows : 1) The origin of the name of Thai ghost comes from myths, beliefs, or folk tales the most , in case of the structure of ghost names is divided into simple words, compound words, and exotic words, 2) Chinese ghosts name based on their appearance is the largest, the structure of Chinese ghost names is divided into simple words and compound words , 3) The analysis of beliefs about ghosts in Thai and Chinese cultures found 8 points : ghosts have divine power and are higher than humans; ghosts can be artificial blessings or harm people; ghosts must have shelter; ghosts must eat; ghosts can control human; ghosts are frightening; ghosts have classes; people can touch ghosts.