域多利

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (域多利)		域	多	利
simp. #(域多利)		域	多	利

Etymology

Borrowed from English Victoria.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wik⁶ do¹ lei⁶ / wik⁶ do¹ lei^6-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wik⁶ do¹ lei⁶ / wik⁶ do¹ lei^6-2
    • Yale: wihk dō leih / wihk dō léi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wik⁹ do¹ lei⁶ / wik⁹ do¹ lei^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: wig⁶ do¹ léi⁶ / wig⁶ do¹ léi^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪk̚² tɔː⁵⁵ lei̯²²/, /wɪk̚² tɔː⁵⁵ lei̯²²⁻³⁵/

Proper noun

域多利

1. (Cantonese) Victoria (personal name or place name)

   域多利監獄／域多利监狱 [Cantonese]  ―  wik⁶ do¹ lei⁶ gaam¹ juk⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  Victoria Prison

   域多利皇后街 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   wik⁶ do¹ lei⁶ wong⁴ hau⁶ gaai¹ [Jyutping]

   Queen Victoria Street

   1. Victoria (the capital city of British Columbia, Canada)
      • 1904, Liang Qichao, 新大陸遊記 [Travel Notes of the New Continent], 廣智書局, published 1907, page 6:

        其鐵路之車站，輪船之碼頭，皆以溫哥華為終點，故溫哥華驟盛。哥侖比亞省本以域多利為首府，今則勢力全趨於溫哥華矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
        其铁路之车站，轮船之码头，皆以温哥华为终点，故温哥华骤盛。哥仑比亚省本以域多利为首府，今则势力全趋于温哥华矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

        Qí tiělù zhī chēzhàn, lúnchuán zhī mǎtóu, jiē yǐ Wēngēhuá wéi zhōngdiǎn, gù Wēngēhuá zhòu shèng. Gēlúnbǐyà shěng běn yǐ Yùduōlì wéi shǒufǔ, jīn zé shìlì quán qū yú Wēngēhuá yǐ. [Pinyin]

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Synonyms

• 維多利亞／维多利亚 (Wéiduōlìyà)