堤岸
Chinese edit
dike | bank; shore; beach bank; shore; beach; coast | ||
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simp. and trad. (堤岸) |
堤 | 岸 |
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
Synonyms edit
Proper noun edit
堤岸
- Cholon (the Chinatown of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
Synonyms edit
References edit
- ^ An Chi, (2016). Rong chơi miền chữ nghĩa (Roving in the Land of Words), p. 367-368 (in Vietnamese)