西澳
Chinese
| west | deep bay; cove; bay deep bay; cove; bay; harbour; Australia (abbrev.); Macao | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (西澳) | 西 | 澳 | |
| simp. #(西澳) | 西 | 澳 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Xī'Ào
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄠˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Si-ào
- Wade–Giles: Hsi1-ao4
- Yale: Syī-àu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiaw
- Palladius: Сиао (Siao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sai1 ou3
- Yale: sāi ou
- Cantonese Pinyin: sai1 ou3
- Guangdong Romanization: sei1 ou3
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ ou̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
西澳
- (～州) short for 西澳大利亞／西澳大利亚 (Xī-Àodàlìyà): Western Australia (a state of Australia, occupying the western third of the continent; a former British colony until 1901)
- 1904, Liang Qichao, 新大陸遊記 [Travel Notes of the New Continent], 廣智書局, published 1907, page 8:
- (～村) Sai O (a village in Shap Sze Heung, of Sai Kung North Rural Committee, Tai Po district, New Territories, Hong Kong)
- (～村) Sai O (a village in Kat O, North district, New Territories, Hong Kong)