堤岸

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Chinese

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dike
bank; shore; beach
bank; shore; beach; coast
 
simp. and trad.
(堤岸)
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Etymology

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Cholon
An Chi (2016) thinks that the form 堤岸 (meaning "embankment") arose from folk etymology; pointing to the variant form 提岸, he proposes that both transcribed a local toponym which also yielded Vietnamese Sài Gòn (whence Cantonese 西貢西贡 (sai1 gung3)).[1] See Sài Gòn for further etymology.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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堤岸

  1. embankment

Synonyms

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Proper noun

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堤岸

  1. Cholon (the Chinatown of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ An Chi, (2016). Rong chơi miền chữ nghĩa (Roving in the Land of Words), p. 367-368 (in Vietnamese)