雪梨
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Chinese
Etymology 1
| snow | pear | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (雪梨) | 雪 | 梨 | |
| simp. #(雪梨) | 雪 | 梨 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): syut3 lei4
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhut2 lei3
- Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): xiêd5 li2
- Northern Min (KCR): sṳĕ-lî
- Southern Min
- 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/
- Homophones:
雪梨
雪犁
- (Standard Chinese)
- 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/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: lhut2 lei3
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬut̚⁵⁵ lei²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sṳĕ-lî
- Sinological IPA (key): /syɛ²⁴ li³³/
- (Jian'ou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seh-lâi
- Tâi-lô: seh-lâi
- Phofsit Daibuun: sehlaai
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /se(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ lai²³/
- IPA (Taipei): /se(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lai²⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: soh4 lai5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: soh lâi
- Sinological IPA (key): /soʔ²⁻⁴ lai⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Noun
雪梨
- a vernacular name for some varieties of apple pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) and Chinese white pear (Pyrus bretschneideri)
Etymology 2
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (雪梨) | 雪 | 梨 | |
| simp. #(雪梨) | 雪 | 梨 | |
Borrowed from English Sydney, via Cantonese.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): syut3 lei4
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhut2 lei3
- Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): xiêd5 li2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Soat-lê
- 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/
- Homophones:
雪梨
雪犁
- (Standard Chinese)
- 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/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: lhut2 lei3
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬut̚⁵⁵ lei²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- Southern Min
Proper noun
雪梨
- (chiefly Taiwan, dated elsewhere) Sydney (a city in New South Wales, Australia)
- 1891, 薛福成 , 出使英法義比四國日記, volume 3, page 24:
- 雪梨粵商二十九家，華人商工共四千，其在內地開店及種植者亦六千餘。其苛政尤無理者，華商由雪梨往美利濱，又須重收身稅十磅。
- Xuělí Yuè shāng èrshíjiǔ jiā, Huárén shāng gōng gòng sì qiān, qí zài nèidì kāi diàn jí Zhǒngzhí zhě yì liù qiān yú. Qí kēzhèng yóu wúlǐ zhě, huá shāng yóu Xuělí wǎng Měilìbīn, yòu xū zhòng shōu shēnshuì shí bàng.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
雪梨粤商二十九家，华人商工共四千，其在内地开店及种植者亦六千余。其苛政尤无理者，华商由雪梨往美利滨，又须重收身税十磅。
- (Cantonese) Sydney (a city in Nova Scotia, Canada)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 悉尼 (“Sydney (city in Australia)”)
References
- Chan, Clara Ho-yan (13 December 2018) “Translation of Proper Names in Hong Kong: Media and Official Usage at the Turn of the Twentieth Century”, in Hikma, volume 17, , →ISSN, page 99