西貢

See also: 西贡

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xīgòng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄍㄨㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ gung³
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): Se-kòng

(Teochew, Peng'im): sai¹ gong³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xīgòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄍㄨㄥˋ
  - 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/
Min Nan
- (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

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

Proper noun

西貢

Saigon (a city in Vietnam)

Synonyms

胡志明市 (Hú Zhìmíng Shì)

Derived terms

西貢河／西贡河 (Xīgònghé)

Etymology 2

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

(～市) Sai Kung (a town in Hong Kong)
(～半島) Sai Kung (a peninsula in Hong Kong)
(～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)

Obsolete spelling of サイゴン

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