雪梨

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuělí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄌㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ lei⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soat-lê

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuělí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuělí
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh³-li²
    • Yale: sywě-lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheueli
    • Palladius: сюэли (sjueli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syut³ lei⁴
    • Yale: syut lèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ lei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xud³ léi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːt̚³ lei̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soat-lê
    • Tâi-lô: suat-lê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soatlee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ le²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suat̚⁵⁻²⁴ le²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suat̚³²⁻⁵ le¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ le²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ le²³/

Etymology 1

		phonetic
trad. (雪梨)		雪	梨
simp. #(雪梨)		雪	梨

Borrowed from English Sydney, via Cantonese.

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 雪梨

1. (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.

Synonyms

• (Mainland China, Hong Kong) 悉尼 (Xīní)

Etymology 2

		snow	pear
trad. (雪梨)		雪	梨
simp. #(雪梨)		雪	梨

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 雪梨

1. snow pear ()

(deprecated template usage)