西堤

Chinese

		west	dike
simp. and trad. (西堤)		西	堤

Etymology

Short for 西貢 + 堤岸, literally “Saigon and Cholon”, referring to the unified entity of “Saigon-Cholon Region” (Thành ủy Sài Gòn - Chợ Lớn) formed in 1931.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīdī, Xītí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄉㄧ, ㄒㄧ ㄊㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ tai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīdī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄉㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sidi
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-ti¹
    • Yale: Syī-dī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shidi
    • Palladius: Сиди (Sidi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ti⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xītí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄊㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sití
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-tʻi²
    • Yale: Syī-tí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shityi
    • Palladius: Сити (Siti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ tʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ tai⁴
    • Yale: sāi tàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ tai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ tei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ tʰɐi̯²¹/

Proper noun

西堤

1. (chiefly Vietnam) Ho Chi Minh City; Saigon