More information dike, bank; shore; beachbank; shore; beach; coast ...
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dike |
bank; shore; beach bank; shore; beach; coast |
simp. and trad. (堤岸) |
堤 |
岸 |
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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)).[1] See Sài Gòn for further etymology.
Proper noun
堤岸
- 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)
References
An Chi, (2016). Rong chơi miền chữ nghĩa (Roving in the Land of Words), p. 367-368 (in Vietnamese)