雪梨

Chinese

Etymology 1

		snow	pear
trad. (雪梨)		雪	梨
simp. #(雪梨)		雪	梨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuělí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄌㄧˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): syut³ lei⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhut² lei³

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): xiêd⁵ li²
• Northern Min (KCR): sṳĕ-lî
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): seh-lâi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): soh⁴ lai⁵

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• 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/
• 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/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xiêd⁵ li²
    • Sinological IPA: /siɛt̚¹ li¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sṳĕ-lî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syɛ²⁴ li³³/
• 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/

Noun

雪梨

1. 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

  (Pinyin): Xuělí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄌㄧˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): syut³ lei⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhut² lei³

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): xiêd⁵ li²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Soat-lê

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• 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/
• 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/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xiêd⁵ li²
    • Sinological IPA: /siɛt̚¹ li¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (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/

Proper noun

雪梨

1. (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.]
     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.]

     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)

2. (Cantonese) Sydney (a city in Nova Scotia, Canada)

Synonyms

• (Sydney, Australia): 雪梨埠, 雪梨金山

Dialectal synonyms of 悉尼 (“Sydney (city in Australia)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	雪梨
	Malaysia	悉尼
	Singapore	悉尼
Cantonese	Hong Kong	悉尼, 雪梨
	Taishan	雪梨

References

• Chan, Clara Ho-yan (2018 December 13) “Translation of Proper Names in Hong Kong: Media and Official Usage at the Turn of the Twentieth Century”, in Hikma‎^[1], volume 17, →DOI, →ISSN, page 99