Sài Gòn
name

(historical) Saigon
(informal) Ho Chi Minh City
A river in southern Vietnam that rises near Phum Daung in southeastern Cambodia and empties into the Nhà Bè River, which in its turn empties into the East Sea northeast of the Mekong Delta.
A train station in Ward 3, Ho Chi Minh City

Sài thành

Sài thành
name

Ho Chi Minh City

sà lan
noun

barge (boat)

sài
noun

(obsolete) firewood, brushwood
(bệnh ~) children's lasting and serious disease

verb

(Southern Vietnam, colloquial) to use; to spend

sài lang
noun

(archaic, literary) dhole and wolf; (figuratively) cruel, evil person

sàn
noun

floor

sàn diễn

sàn diễn
noun

stage (for performance)

sàn nhà
noun

floor (lower part of a room)

sàn sàn
verb

(colloquial) to be approximately the same; to be about the same

sàng
noun

winnowing basket
sieve; riddle

verb

to winnow; to sift; to strain

sàng lọc

sàng lọc
verb

to screen or sift through in order to isolate the best or most acceptable

sành
noun

glazed terracotta

adj

be conversant, be a connoisseur

sành điệu

sành điệu
adj

connoisseur-like

sào
noun

pole; stick

常
character

chữ Hán form of thường (“frequent; usual”).
chữ Hán form of thường (“ordinary; common; average”).

牀
character

chữ Hán form of sàng (“winnowing basket”).
Nôm form of giường (“bed”).

茶
character

chữ Hán form of trà (“tea”).
Nôm form of chè (“tea”).

西
character

west
West (the Western world)

讒
character

chữ Hán form of sàm (“to slander”).
Nôm form of gièm (“to slander”).
Nôm form of xàm (“to chatter; to prattle”).

高
character

chữ Hán form of cao (“high; tall”).
Nôm form of sào (“pole; stick”).