悉尼

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (悉尼)
simp. #(悉尼)

Etymology

Borrowed from English Sydney or Sidney.

Pronunciation


Proper noun

悉尼

  1. (chiefly Mainland China, Hong Kong) Sydney (a city in New South Wales, Australia)
    悉尼澳大利亞最大城市 [MSC, trad.]
    悉尼澳大利亚最大城市 [MSC, simp.]
    Xīní shì Àodàlìyà zuìdà de chéngshì. [Pinyin]
    Sydney is Australia's largest city.
  2. A transliteration of the English surname and unisex given name Sydney or Sidney[1][2]

Synonyms

  • 雪梨 (xuělí), 雪梨埠, 雪梨金山

References

  1. Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Sydney 悉尼 []”, in 世界人名翻译大辞典 [Names of The Worlds Peoples: A comprehensive dictionary of names in Roman-Chinese] (in Chinese), Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2687:男子教名和姓氏,参见Sidney.
  2. Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Sidney 悉尼 []”, in 世界人名翻译大辞典 [Names of The Worlds Peoples: A comprehensive dictionary of names in Roman-Chinese] (in Chinese), Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2542:男子教名和姓氏.
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