新金山
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Chinese
| new; newly; meso- (chem.) | gold mine; Jinshan | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (新金山) | 新 | 金山 | |
| simp. #(新金山) | 新 | 金山 | |
Etymology
The name refers to the gold rush around Melbourne and contrasts it with 舊金山／旧金山 (Jiùjīnshān, “Old Gold Mountain”): San Francisco, California, in the United States. (金山 being used loosely for any place of great chances for wealth, in a similar fashion to the English "gold mine".)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): san1 gam1 saan1
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhin1 gim1 san1*
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄕㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Sinjinshan
- Wade–Giles: Hsin1-chin1-shan1
- Yale: Syīn-jīn-shān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shinjinshan
- Palladius: Синьцзиньшань (Sinʹczinʹšanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: san1 gam1 saan1
- Yale: sān gām sāan
- Cantonese Pinyin: san1 gam1 saan1
- Guangdong Romanization: sen1 gem1 san1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐn⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: lhin1 gim1 san1*
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬin³³ kim³³ san³³⁻³³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
新金山
- (dated) Melbourne (a city, the state capital of Victoria, Australia)
- (dated or Taishanese) Australia
Synonyms
Related terms
- 舊金山／旧金山 (Jiùjīnshān, “San Francisco, California, United States”)