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
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ¹¹/
    • Sinological 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. (historical or informal) Saigon (the former name of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam; the former capital of South Vietnam)
   • 1878, 李圭, 環遊地球新錄, volume 4, page 40:

     辰初三刻抵西貢，由新加坡至此二千四百二十一里，碼頭在江之西岸，上下若浮橋。考西貢為越南國極南海口，屬嘉定省。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     辰初三刻抵西贡，由新加坡至此二千四百二十一里，码头在江之西岸，上下若浮桥。考西贡为越南国极南海口，属嘉定省。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Chén chū sān kè dǐ Xīgòng, yóu Xīnjiāpō zhì cǐ èr qiān sì bǎi èrshíyī lǐ, mǎtóu zài jiāng zhī xī'àn, shàngxià ruò fúqiáo. Kǎo Xīgòng wéi Yuènán guó jí nán hǎikǒu, shǔ Jiādìng shěng. [Pinyin]

     We arrived at Saigon at around 7:30 am, which was 2,421 lis from Singapore. The pier was on the west bank of the river, with a floating bridge-like structure. Saigon is the southernmost port of Vietnam, belonging to Gia Định Province.

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

First attested in the Map of the San On District [1866].

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(あ)て字(じ)), from Chinese 西貢 / 西贡 (Xīgòng).

Proper noun

西貢(サイゴン) • (Saigon) 

1. obsolete spelling of サイゴン

References

• “〈西貢〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026