堤岸

Chinese

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

Etymology

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)). See Sài Gòn for further etymology.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dī'àn, tí'àn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧ ㄢˋ, ㄊㄧˊ ㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai⁴ ngon⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thê-hōaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dī'àn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧ ㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: di-àn
    • Wade–Giles: ti¹-an⁴
    • Yale: dī-àn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diann
    • Palladius: диань (dianʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵⁵ ˀän⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tí'àn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˊ ㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tí-àn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi²-an⁴
    • Yale: tí-àn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyiann
    • Palladius: тиань (tianʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi³⁵ ˀän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tai⁴ ngon⁶
    • Yale: tàih ngohn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai⁴ ngon⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei⁴ ngon⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯²¹ ŋɔːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thê-hōaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: thê-huānn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: te'hvoa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰe²⁴⁻²² huã²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰe²⁴⁻²² huã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰe¹³⁻²² huã²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ huã³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²³⁻³³ huã³³/

Noun

堤岸

1. embankment

Synonyms

• 堤
• 堤壩／堤坝 (dībà)
• 堤防 (dīfáng)
• 塘 (táng)
• 大壩／大坝 (dàbà)
• 水壩／水坝 (shuǐbà)
• 防 (fáng) (literary, or in compounds)

 

Proper noun

堤岸

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

Synonyms

• 中國城／中国城 (zhōngguóchéng)
• 中華街／中华街 (Zhōnghuájiē) (in Yokohama and Nagasaki)
• 唐人埠 (Tángrénbù) (in San Francisco)
• 唐人街 (tángrénjiē)
• 大唐街 (dàtángjiē) (obsolete)
• 牛車水／牛车水 (Niúchēshuǐ) (in Singapore)
• 華埠／华埠 (huábù) (literary)