西貢

See also: 西贡

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīgòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄍㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ gung³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Se-kòng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sai¹ gong³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīgòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄍㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sigòng
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-kung⁴
    • Yale: Syī-gùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shigonq
    • Palladius: Сигун (Sigun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ gung³
    • Yale: sāi gung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ gung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ gung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ kʊŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-kòng
    • Tâi-lô: Se-kòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: se'koxng
    • IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sai¹ gong³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sai kòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai³³⁻²³ koŋ²¹³/

Etymology 1

		phonetic
trad. (西貢)		西	貢
simp. (西贡)		西	贡

Homophonic translation from Vietnamese Sài Gòn (柴棍), via Cantonese 西貢／西贡 (sai1 gung3).

Proper noun

西貢

1. Saigon (a city in Vietnam) (old name of Ho Chi Minh City)

Synonyms

• 胡志明市 (Hú Zhìmíng Shì)

Derived terms

• 西貢河／西贡河 (Xīgònghé)

 

Etymology 2

		west	tribute; gifts
trad. (西貢)		西	貢
simp. (西贡)		西	贡

Referring to the tributes from the west that were brought into the area, which served as a port during the Ming Dynasty.

Proper noun

西貢

1. (～市) Sai Kung (a town in Hong Kong)
2. (～半島) Sai Kung (a peninsula in Hong Kong)
3. (～區) Sai Kung (a district of Hong Kong)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
西	貢
さい Grade: 2	ごん Grade: S
irregular

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Sài Gòn. The kanji are ateji (当て字), from Chinese 西貢／西贡 (Xīgòng).

Proper noun

西貢(サイゴン) • (Saigon) 

1. Obsolete spelling of サイゴン.