鳥修威

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (鳥修威)		鳥	修	威
simp. (鸟修威)		鸟	修	威

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Niǎoxiūwēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄡ ㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): niu⁵ sau¹ wai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Niǎoxiūwēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄡ ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Niǎosiouwei
    • Wade–Giles: Niao³-hsiu¹-wei¹
    • Yale: Nyǎu-syōu-wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Neaushiouuei
    • Palladius: Няосювэй (Njaosjuvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: niu⁵ sau¹ wai¹
    • Yale: níuh sāu wāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: niu⁵ sau¹ wai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: niu⁵ seo¹ wei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːu̯¹³ sɐu̯⁵⁵ wɐi̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

鳥修威

1. (obsolete) New South Wales (a state of Australia)
   • 1904, Liang Qichao, 新大陸遊記 [Travel Notes of the New Continent], 廣智書局, published 1907, page 10:

     華人之往澳洲者，其目的地率在鳥修威。以千金之稅不易納也，故由噸位以過域多利或坤士蘭，然後復由彼兩省間道以潛入鳥修威境，謂之偷過界。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     华人之往澳洲者，其目的地率在鸟修威。以千金之税不易纳也，故由吨位以过域多利或坤士兰，然后复由彼两省间道以潜入鸟修威境，谓之偷过界。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Huárén zhī wǎng Àozhōu zhě, qí mùdedì shuài zài Niǎoxiūwēi. Yǐ qiānjīn zhī shuì bùyì nà yě, gù yóu dūnwèi yǐ guò Yùduōlì huò Kūnshìlán, ránhòu fù yóu bǐ liǎng shěng jiān dào yǐ qián rù Niǎoxiūwēi jìng, wèi zhī tōu guòjiè. [Pinyin]

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Synonyms

• 紐修威／纽修威 (Niǔxiūwēi)
• (Mainland China) 新南威爾士／新南威尔士 (Xīn Nán Wēi'ěrshì), (Taiwan) 新南威爾斯／新南威尔斯 (Xīn Nán Wēi'ěrsī)