悉尼
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Chinese
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (悉尼) | 悉 | 尼 | |
| simp. #(悉尼) | 悉 | 尼 | |
Etymology
Borrowed from English Sydney or Sidney.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): sik1 nei4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sek-nî
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 7shiq-gni
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄋㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Siní
- Wade–Giles: Hsi1-ni2
- Yale: Syī-ní
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shini
- Palladius: Сини (Sini)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ni³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sik1 nei4
- Yale: sīk nèih
- Cantonese Pinyin: sik7 nei4
- Guangdong Romanization: xig1 néi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɪk̚⁵ nei̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sek-nî
- Tâi-lô: Sik-nî
- Phofsit Daibuun: seknii
- IPA (Xiamen): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ nĩ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Wu
Proper noun
悉尼
- (chiefly Mainland China, Hong Kong) Sydney (a city in New South Wales, Australia)
- 1844, Karl Gützlaff, 萬國地理全集; quoted in 魏源 [Wei Yuan], 海國圖志 [Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms], 1852:
- A transliteration of the English surname and unisex given name Sydney or Sidney[1][2]
Synonyms
References
- ^ Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Sydney 悉尼 ”, in 世界人名翻译大辞典 [Names of The Worlds Peoples: A comprehensive dictionary of names in Roman-Chinese] (in Chinese), Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2687: “男子教名和姓氏，参见Sidney”.
- ^ Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Sidney 悉尼 ”, in 世界人名翻译大辞典 [Names of The Worlds Peoples: A comprehensive dictionary of names in Roman-Chinese] (in Chinese), Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2542: “男子教名和姓氏”.