Chinese edit

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

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 edit


Noun edit

堤岸

  1. embankment

Synonyms edit

Proper noun edit

堤岸

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

Synonyms edit

References edit

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