墨爾本
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Chinese
| phonetic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (墨爾本) | 墨 | 爾 | 本 | |
| simp. (墨尔本) | 墨 | 尔 | 本 | |
Etymology
Borrowed from English Melbourne.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): mak6 ji5 bun2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Be̍k-ní-pún
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 8meq-gher6-pen5; 6meq8-gher6-pen5; 8meq-gher6 5pen
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄦˇ ㄅㄣˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Mò-ěrběn
- Wade–Giles: Mo4-êrh3-pên3
- Yale: Mwò-ěr-běn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Moheelbeen
- Palladius: Моэрбэнь (Moerbɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mak6 ji5 bun2
- Yale: mahk yíh bún
- Cantonese Pinyin: mak9 ji5 bun2
- Guangdong Romanization: meg6 yi5 bun2
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɐk̚² jiː¹³ puːn³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Be̍k-ní-pún
- Tâi-lô: Bi̍k-ní-pún
- Phofsit Daibuun: begny'puon
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪk̚⁴⁻³² nĩ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pun⁴¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /biɪk̚⁴⁻³² nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pun⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
- Wugniu: 8meq-gher6-pen5; 6meq8-gher6-pen5; 8meq-gher6 5pen
- MiniDict: meh入 r去 pen去; meh入 r去 pen去; meh入 r去 pen去
- Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 5meq-hher3-pen2; 3meq5-hher3-pen2; 5meq-hher3 2pen
- Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /məʔ¹¹ ɦəl²² pən²³/, /məʔ²² ɦəl⁵⁵ pən²¹/, /məʔ¹¹ ɦəl²³ pən³⁴/
- (Northern: Shanghai)
Proper noun
墨爾本
- Melbourne (a city, the state capital of Victoria, Australia)
Synonyms
- 新金山 (Xīnjīnshān)
- (humorous) 貓本／猫本 (Māoběn), 墨村 (Mòcūn)
- (dated) 美利濱／美利滨 (Měilìbīn), (obsolete) 尾利畔 (Wěilìpàn)