雪梨

Chinese

Pronunciation


Etymology 1

phonetic
trad. (雪梨)
simp. #(雪梨)

Borrowed from English Sydney, via Cantonese.

Proper noun

雪梨

  1. (chiefly Taiwan, dated in Hong Kong) Sydney (a city in New South Wales, Australia)
    雪梨澳洲城市 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad. and simp.]
    Soat-lê sī Ò-chiu siōng-tōa ê siâⁿ-chhī. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Sydney is Australia's largest city.
  2. (Cantonese) Sydney (a city in Nova Scotia, Canada)
Synonyms
  • (Sydney, Australia): (Mainland China, Hong Kong) 悉尼 (Xīní), 雪梨埠, 雪梨金山
References
  • Chan, Clara Ho-yan (2018-12-13), “Translation of Proper Names in Hong Kong: Media and Official Usage at the Turn of the Twentieth Century”, in Hikma (in English), volume 17, →DOI, →ISSN, page 99

Etymology 2

snow pear
trad. (雪梨)
simp. #(雪梨)

Noun

雪梨

  1. snow pear (Pyrus nivalis)
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