雪梨
Chinese
Pronunciation
Proper noun
雪梨
- (chiefly Taiwan, dated in Hong Kong) Sydney (a city in New South Wales, Australia)
- 雪梨是澳洲上大的城市。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad. and simp.]
- Soat-lê sī Ò-chiu siōng-tōa ê siâⁿ-chhī. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- Sydney is Australia's largest city.
- (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, , →ISSN, page 99
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