尾利畔

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (尾利畔)		尾	利	畔

Etymology

Borrowed from English Melbourne via a Southern variety of Chinese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wěilìpàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄆㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ lei⁶ bun⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wěilìpàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄆㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wěilìpàn
    • Wade–Giles: Wei³-li⁴-pʻan⁴
    • Yale: Wěi-lì-pàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Woeilihpann
    • Palladius: Вэйлипань (Vɛjlipanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ lei⁶ bun⁶
    • Yale: méih leih buhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ lei⁶ bun⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ léi⁶ bun⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ lei̯²² puːn²²/

Proper noun

尾利畔

1. (～埠) (obsolete) Melbourne (a city, the state capital of Victoria, Australia)

   • 紐約新廣安、雪梨新廣興、雲哥華廣萬生、尾利畔勝利隆 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     纽约新广安、雪梨新广兴、云哥华广万生、尾利畔胜利隆 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1917, [1]

     Niǔyuē Xīnguǎng'ān, Xuělí Xīnguǎngxīng, Yúngēhuá Guǎngwànshēng, Wěilìpàn Shènglìlóng [Pinyin]

     San Kwong On (New York); San Kwong Hing (Sydney); Kwong Man Sang (Vancouver); Sing Lei Lung (Melbourne)

   • 英帝國參謀長前月在尾利畔會議，與美國副總統尼克遜氏之遊澳，是反共防澳一種積極的表示。 [MSC, trad.]
     英帝国参谋长前月在尾利畔会议，与美国副总统尼克逊氏之游澳，是反共防澳一种积极的表示。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1953, 中國之聲 [China's Voice], volume 9 [2]

     Yīngdìguó cānmóucháng qiányuè zài Wěilìpàn huìyì, yǔ měiguó fùzǒngtǒng Níkèxùn-shì zhī yóu'ào, shì fǎn-gòng fáng-ào yīzhǒng jījí de biǎoshì. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 墨爾本／墨尔本 (Mò'ěrběn)