雪梨
Chinese
editEtymology 1
editsnow | pear | ||
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trad. (雪梨) | 雪 | 梨 | |
simp. #(雪梨) | 雪 | 梨 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): syut3 lei4
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhut2 lei3
- Northern Min (KCR): sṳĕ-lî
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): seh-lâi
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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/
- (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)+
- 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/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Noun
edit雪梨
- a vernacular name for some varieties of apple pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) and Chinese white pear (Pyrus bretschneideri)
Etymology 2
editphonetic | |||
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trad. (雪梨) | 雪 | 梨 | |
simp. #(雪梨) | 雪 | 梨 |
Borrowed from English Sydney, via Cantonese.
Pronunciation
edit- 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:
- 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/
- (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
edit雪梨
- (chiefly Taiwan, dated elsewhere) Sydney (a city in New South Wales, Australia)
- 雪梨是澳洲上大的城市。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad. and simp.]
- Soat-lê sī Ò-chiu siōng tōa ê siâⁿ-chhī. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- Sydney is Australia's largest city.
- 1891, 薛福成 [Xue Fucheng], 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。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- 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. [Pinyin]
- (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。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (Cantonese) Sydney (a city in Nova Scotia, Canada)
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