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

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

wooden stick; firewood stick

Proper noun

柴棍

(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)

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

Nôm form of Sài Gòn (“Saigon”).

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