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”).
(Vietnamese Classical Chinese) 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

Japanese

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese 柴棍 (Sài Gòn). The kanji are ateji (当(あ)て字(じ)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sa̠iɡõ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

柴棍(サイゴン) • (Saigon)

obsolete spelling of サイゴン

Vietnamese

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

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