菜苑

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (菜苑)		菜	苑
simp. #(菜苑)		菜	苑

Etymology

From Spanish Torreón, via Taishanese.

萊苑／莱苑 (Láiyuàn) is certainly a corruption of 菜苑 (Càiyuàn), as the reverse (萊／莱→菜) would be unusual considering the Chinese tendency to prefer elegant characters in transliteration.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Càiyuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˋ ㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi³ jyun²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Càiyuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˋ ㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Càiyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: Tsʻai⁴-yüan⁴
    • Yale: Tsài-ywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tsayyuann
    • Palladius: Цайюань (Cajjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi³ jyun²
    • Yale: choi yún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi³ jyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi³ yun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ jyːn³⁵/

Proper noun

菜苑

1. (～埠) (dated) Torreón (a city in Coahuila, Mexico)
   • http://chinesetimes.lib.sfu.ca/ctimes-79650/page-3

     墨國菜苑致公堂 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     墨国菜苑致公堂 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     mak⁶ gwok³ coi³ jyun² zi³ gung¹ tong⁴ [Jyutping]

     Torreón, Mexico Chee Kung Tong

   • 光绪卅三年（1907年）墨国菜苑埠华墨银行溢利公司每股伍圆股票一枚

     墨國菜苑埠／墨国菜苑埠 [Written Vernacular Chinese]  ―  mak⁶ gwok³ coi³ jyun² fau⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  Torreón, Mexico

   • (Can we date this quote?), 康有為, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     又南與巴西不相通，居菜苑三月，晨夕篝燈，閉戶著書，復如諸生時。 [MSC, trad.]
     又南与巴西不相通，居菜苑三月，晨夕篝灯，闭户著书，复如诸生时。 [MSC, simp.]

     Yòu nán yǔ bāxī bù xiàngtōng, jū càiyuàn sānyuè, chénxī gōudēng, bìhù zhùshū, fù rú zhūshēng shí. [Pinyin]

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Synonyms

• (dated) 萊苑／莱苑 (Láiyuàn)
• 托雷翁 (Tuōléiwēng)