新金山

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

  (Pinyin): Xīnjīnshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): san¹ gam¹ saan¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhin¹ gim¹ san^1*

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīnjīnshān
    • 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/
• 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 san^1*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬin³³ kim³³ san³³⁻³³⁵/

Proper noun

新金山

1. (dated) Melbourne (a city, the state capital of Victoria, Australia)
2. (dated or Taishanese) Australia

Synonyms

• (Melbourne): 墨爾本／墨尔本 (Mò'ěrběn)
• (Australia): 澳大利亞／澳大利亚 (Àodàlìyà), 澳洲 (Àozhōu)

Related terms

• 舊金山／旧金山 (Jiùjīnshān, “San Francisco, California, United States”)