墨爾本

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (墨爾本)		墨	爾	本
simp. (墨尔本)		墨	尔	本

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Etymology

Borrowed from English Melbourne.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mò'ěrběn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄦˇ ㄅㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ ji⁵ bun²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Be̍k-ní-pún
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸meq-gher₆-pen₅; ⁶meq₈-gher₆-pen₅; ⁸meq-gher₆ ⁵pen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mò'ěrběn [Phonetic: mòérběn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄦˇ ㄅㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mò-ěrběn
    • Wade–Giles: Mo⁴-êrh³-pên³
    • Yale: Mwò-ěr-běn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Moheelbeen
    • Palladius: Моэрбэнь (Moerbɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mak⁶ ji⁵ bun²
    • Yale: mahk yíh bún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ ji⁵ bun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶ yi⁵ bun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚² jiː¹³ puːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Be̍k-ní-pún
    • Tâi-lô: Bi̍k-ní-pún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: begny'puon
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪk̚⁴⁻³² nĩ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪk̚⁴⁻³² nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pun⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸meq-gher₆-pen₅; ⁶meq₈-gher₆-pen₅; ⁸meq-gher₆ ⁵pen
    • MiniDict: meh^入 r^去 pen^去; meh^入 r^去 pen^去; meh^入 r^去 pen^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵meq-hher₃-pen₂; ³meq₅-hher₃-pen₂; ⁵meq-hher₃ ²pen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /məʔ¹¹ ɦəl²² pən²³/, /məʔ²² ɦəl⁵⁵ pən²¹/, /məʔ¹¹ ɦəl²³ pən³⁴/

Proper noun

墨爾本

1. Melbourne (a city, the state capital of Victoria, Australia)

   這幾天墨爾本的天氣還挺好。 [MSC, trad.]
   这几天墨尔本的天气还挺好。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè jǐ tiān Mò'ěrběn de tiānqì hái tǐng hǎo. [Pinyin]

   Melbourne has had pretty good weather over the past few days.

Synonyms

• 新金山 (Xīnjīnshān)
• (humorous) 貓本／猫本 (Māoběn), 墨村 (Mòcūn)
• (dated) 美利濱／美利滨 (Měilìbīn), (obsolete) 尾利畔 (Wěilìpàn)

Derived terms

• 墨爾本人／墨尔本人 (Mò'ěrběnrén)