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雪梨

雪梨

Chinese

Proper noun

雪梨

(chiefly Taiwan, dated in Hong Kong) Sydney, Australia

雪梨是澳洲上大的城市。 [Taiwanese, trad. and simp.]

Soat-lê sī Ò-chiu siōng-tōa ê siâⁿ-chhī. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

Sydney is Australia's largest city.

Synonyms

(Mainland China, Hong Kong) 悉尼 (Xīní)

Etymology 2

		snow	pear
simp. and trad. (雪梨)		雪	梨

Noun

雪梨

snow pear (Pyrus nivalis)

Etymology

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (雪梨)		雪	梨

Borrowing from English Sydney, via Cantonese.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Xuělí

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄌㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ lei⁴
Min Nan (POJ): Soat-lê

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Xuělí
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄌㄧˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sheueli
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕɥ̯œ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ li³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: syut³ lei⁴
  - Yale: syut lèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ lei⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕyːt̚³ lei̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Soat-lê
  - Tâi-lô: Suat-lê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soatlee
  - IPA (Xiamen): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ le²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /suat̚⁵⁻²⁴ le²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /suat̚³²⁻⁵ le¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ le²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ le²³/