柴棍

Chinese

		firewood	stick
trad. (柴棍)		柴	棍
simp. #(柴棍)		柴	棍

Etymology

Saigon

Attested earliest in Lê Quý Đôn's 撫邊雜錄 (Phủ biên tạp lục, "Miscellaneous Chronicles of the Pacified Frontier"). See Sài Gòn for etymology.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cháigùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄞˊ ㄍㄨㄣˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cháigùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄞˊ ㄍㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cháigùn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻai²-kun⁴
    • Yale: chái-gwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chairguenn
    • Palladius: чайгунь (čajgunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵ ku̯ən⁵¹/

Noun

柴棍

1. wooden stick; firewood stick

Proper noun

柴棍

1. (rare) Alternative name for 西貢／西贡 (Xīgòng, “Saigon”).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
柴	棍
さい Jinmeiyō (ateji)	ごん Hyōgaiji (ateji)
on’yomi

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Sài Gòn. The kanji are ateji (当て字).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sa̠iɡõ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

柴棍(サイゴン) • (Saigon) 

1. obsolete spelling of サイゴン

Vietnamese

Saigon is written here as 柴棍 along with other Southern Vietnamese cities.

Etymology

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
柴	棍

As commonly seen with non-Sino-Vietnamese placenames (in particular) and in Nôm texts (in general), these two characters are used purely for their phonetic values (i.e. they are phonograms). Neither 柴 nor 棍 has anything to do with the word's actual etymology. See Sài Gòn for discussion about the etymology of the word.

Proper noun

柴棍

1. Nôm form of Sài Gòn (“Saigon”).