Chinese

Proper noun

西貢

1. Saigon

Synonyms

• 胡志明市 (Hú Zhìmíng Shì)

Etymology 2

From 西 (xī, “west”) + 貢／贡 (gòng, “tributes”), referring to the tributes from the west that were brought into the area, which served as a port during the Ming Dynasty.

Proper noun

西貢

1. Sai Kung (town in Hong Kong)
2. Sai Kung (peninsula in Hong Kong)
3. Sai Kung (district in Hong Kong)

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowing from Vietnamese Sài Gòn. The kanji are ateji (当て字), from Chinese 西貢.

Proper noun

西貢 ‎(katakana サイゴン, romaji Saigon)

1. Rare spelling of サイゴン.