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

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• 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

1. wooden stick; firewood stick

Proper noun

柴棍

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
柴	棍
さい Jinmeiyō (ateji)	ごん Hyōgai (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) 

1. obsolete spelling of サイゴン

Vietnamese

Saigon is written here as 柴棍 along with other Southern Vietnamese cities. (On the left of the page, first row after "城庯三") in Nam quốc địa dư giáo khoa thư 南國地輿教科書 (1908)

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

1. chữ Nôm form of Sài Gòn (“Saigon”).

   • 以柴棍處為新平縣 [Vietnamese Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: Đại Việt địa dư toàn biên (大越地輿全編)

     Dĩ Sài Gòn xứ vi Tân Bình huyện. [Sino-Vietnamese]

     The area of Sài Gòn was designated as Tân Bình County

   • Việt sử diễn nghĩa tứ tự ca (越史演義四字歌 "Vietnamese History Explained in Four-Character Verses"), 11a

     岳差惠侶、𠓨打柴棍、軍賊殘暴。

     Nhạc sai Huệ Lữ, vào đánh Sài Gòn, quân giặc tàn bạo.

     Nhạc ordered Huệ and Lữ to march in and attack Sài Gòn; the enemy forces were cruel.

Gallery

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  Saigon 柴棍 written in Đại Việt địa dư toàn biên 大越地輿全編 (1900)
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  Saigon 柴棍 written in Thanh Nghệ Tĩnh tân văn 清乂靜新聞 (1934)
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  Sài Gòn 柴棍 written in Phủ biên tạp lục 撫邊雜錄 (1776), a geography text written by Lê Quý Đôn. (From right to left, the second column [characters 3-4] marked by the line.)
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  Sài Gòn 柴棍 in Gia Định thông chí 嘉定通志 (1820), (Characters 4-5 marked by an orange line in the middle column.)
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  Saigon is written here as 柴棍 along with other Southern Vietnamese cities. (On the left of the page, first row after "城庯三") in Nam quốc địa dư giáo khoa thư 南國地輿教科書 (1908)
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  Saigon 柴棍 written in Việt sử diễn nghĩa tứ tự ca 越史演義四字歌.