# 雪梨
## Chinese
### Etymology 1

* 雪梨 (水果) (Written Standard Chinese)
* 雪梨 (生果) (Cantonese)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xuělí
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄌㄧˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): syut$^3$ lei$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhut$^2$ lei$^3$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): xiêd$^5$ li$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): sṳĕ-lî
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): seh-lâi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): soh$^4$ lai$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xuělí
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄌㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syuělí
*** Wade–Giles: hsüeh$^3$-li$^2$
*** Yale: sywě-lí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheueli
*** Palladius: сюэли (sjueli)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: syut$^3$ lei$^4$
*** Yale: syut lèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: syt$^8$ lei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xud$^3$ léi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /syːt̚³ lei̯²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lhut$^2$ lei$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬut̚⁵⁵ lei²²/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: xiêd$^5$ li$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /siɛt̚¹ li¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sṳĕ-lî
*** Sinological IPA : /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: soh$^4$ lai$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: soh lâi
*** Sinological IPA : /soʔ²⁻⁴ lai⁵⁵/

#### Noun

雪梨
* a vernacular name for some varieties of apple pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) and Chinese white pear (Pyrus bretschneideri)

### Etymology 2

* 雪梨 (城市) (Written Standard Chinese)
* 雪梨 (澳洲) (Cantonese)
* Sydney (Southern Min)
* Sydney (Hakka)
Borrowed from English Sydney, via Cantonese.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Xuělí
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄌㄧˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): syut$^3$ lei$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhut$^2$ lei$^3$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): xiêd$^5$ li$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Soat-lê
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Xuělí
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄌㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Syuělí
*** Wade–Giles: Hsüeh$^3$-li$^2$
*** Yale: Sywě-lí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sheueli
*** Palladius: Сюэли (Sjueli)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: syut$^3$ lei$^4$
*** Yale: syut lèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: syt$^8$ lei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xud$^3$ léi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /syːt̚³ lei̯²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lhut$^2$ lei$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬut̚⁵⁵ lei²²/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: xiêd$^5$ li$^2$
*** 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
* (chiefly Taiwan, dated elsewhere) Sydney (a city in New South Wales, Australia)
       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:
       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)
* (Cantonese) Sydney (a city in Nova Scotia, Canada)

##### Synonyms

* (Sydney, Australia): 雪梨埠, 雪梨金山
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 雪梨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 悉尼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 悉尼 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 悉尼, 雪梨 |
| Cantonese | 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, volume 17, →DOI, →ISSN, page 99