柴棍

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Chinese

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firewood stick
trad. (柴棍)
simp. #(柴棍)

Etymology

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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

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Noun

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柴棍

  1. wooden stick; firewood stick

Proper noun

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柴棍

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

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
さい
Jinmeiyō
(ateji)
ごん
Hyōgai
(ateji)
on'yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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柴棍(サイゴン) (Saigon

  1. obsolete spelling of サイゴン

Vietnamese

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

Etymology

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

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 nor has anything to do with the word's actual etymology. See Sài Gòn for discussion about the etymology of the word.

Proper noun

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柴棍

  1. Nôm form of Sài Gòn (Saigon).