菜苑
Chinese edit
phonetic | |||
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trad. (菜苑) | 菜 | 苑 | |
simp. #(菜苑) | 菜 | 苑 |
Etymology edit
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 edit
Proper noun edit
菜苑
- (~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.]
- mak6 gwok3 coi3 jyun2 zi3 gung1 tong4 [Jyutping]
- Torreón, Mexico Chee Kung Tong
墨国菜苑致公堂 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
- 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
- http://chinesetimes.lib.sfu.ca/ctimes-79650/page-3