澳大利亞

See also: 澳大利亚

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (澳大利亞)		澳	大	利	亞
simp. (澳大利亚)		澳	大	利	亚
2nd round simp.		沃大利亚

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 澳大利亞 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• 澳大利亞 (Classical)
• 澳大利亞 (Gan)
• Au-thai-li-â (Hakka)
• 澳大利亞 (Wu)

Etymology

Borrowed from English Australia or Dutch Australië.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Àodàlìyà, Àodàlìyǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄧㄚˋ, ㄠˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ou³ daai⁶ lei⁶ aa³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): O-thai-li-â / O-thai-li-á
• Eastern Min (BUC): Ó̤-dâi-lé-ā
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ò-tāi-lī-a / Ò-tōa-lī-a
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵au-da-li-ia

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Àodàlìyà
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Àodàlìyà
    • Wade–Giles: Ao⁴-ta⁴-li⁴-ya⁴
    • Yale: Àu-dà-lì-yà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Awdahlihyah
    • Palladius: Аодалия (Aodalija)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ jä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Àodàlìyǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Àodàlìyǎ
    • Wade–Giles: Ao⁴-ta⁴-li⁴-ya³
    • Yale: Àu-dà-lì-yǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Awdahlihyea
    • Palladius: Аодалия (Aodalija)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ou³ daai⁶ lei⁶ aa³
    • Yale: ou daaih leih a
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ou³ daai⁶ lei⁶ aa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ou³ dai⁶ léi⁶ a³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ou̯³³ taːi̯²² lei̯²² aː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: O-thai-li-â / O-thai-li-á
    • Hakka Romanization System: o tai li a^ˊ / o tai li a^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: o⁴ tai⁴ li⁴ a¹ / o⁴ tai⁴ li⁴ a³
    • Sinological IPA: /o⁵⁵ tʰai̯⁵⁵ li⁵⁵ a²⁴/, /o⁵⁵ tʰai̯⁵⁵ li⁵⁵ a³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Ó̤-dâi-lé-ā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /o²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(t-)lai²⁴²⁽⁻²¹⁾ l̃i²¹³⁻⁵³ a³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ò-tāi-lī-a
    • Tâi-lô: Ò-tāi-lī-a
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oirdaixlixaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /o⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tai⁴¹⁻²² li⁴¹⁻²² a³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /o²¹⁻⁵³ tai²²⁻²¹ li²²⁻²¹ a⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ò-tōa-lī-a
    • Tâi-lô: Ò-tuā-lī-a
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oirdoaxlixaf
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ tua³³⁻²¹ li³³⁻²¹ a⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /o¹¹⁻⁵³ tua³³⁻¹¹ li³³⁻¹¹ a⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵au-da-li-ia
    • MiniDict: au^去 da li ia
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²au-da-li-ia
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɔ³³ da⁵⁵ li³³ ia²¹/

Proper noun

澳大利亞

1. Australia (a country consisting of a main island, the island of Tasmania and other smaller islands, located in Oceania; historically, a collection of former colonies of the British Empire)

   入境澳大利亞／入境澳大利亚  ―  rùjìng Àodàlìyà  ―  to enter Australia

   澳大利亞本土品牌 [MSC, trad.]
   澳大利亚本土品牌 [MSC, simp.]

   Àodàlìyà běntǔ pǐnpái [Pinyin]

   local Australian brand

   澳大利亞有三級政府：聯邦政府、州政府和地方政府。 [MSC, trad.]
   澳大利亚有三级政府：联邦政府、州政府和地方政府。 [MSC, simp.]

   Àodàlìyà yǒu sān jí zhèngfǔ: liánbāng zhèngfǔ, zhōu zhèngfǔ hé dìfāng zhèngfǔ. [Pinyin]

   Australia has three levels of government: federal, state and local.

   澳大利亞消費高嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
   澳大利亚消费高吗？ [MSC, simp.]

   Àodàlìyà xiāofèi gāo ma? [Pinyin]

   Is the cost of living in Australia high?

   • 1848, 徐繼畬 [Xu Jiyu], editor, 瀛寰志略, volume 1, pages 6–7:

     四大土之外，島嶼甚多，最大者澳大利亞，餘則亞細亞之南洋諸島、亞墨利加之海灣群島，皆商艘數至之地也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     四大土之外，岛屿甚多，最大者澳大利亚，余则亚细亚之南洋诸岛、亚墨利加之海湾群岛，皆商艘数至之地也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Sì dà tǔ zhīwài, dǎoyǔ shèn duō, zuì dà zhě Àodàlìyà, yú zé Yàxìyà zhī Nányáng zhūdǎo, Yàmòlìjiā zhī hǎiwān qúndǎo, jiē shāngsōu shuò zhì zhī dì yě. [Pinyin]

     Aside from the four continents there are a multitude of islands, the largest of which is Australia. Remaining islands include the archipelago of Southeast Asia, and the Caribbean Islands of America. All of them frequented by merchant vessels.

2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the land on the Australian tectonic plate, i.e. Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Synonyms

• 澳洲 (Àozhōu)
• (Taishanese, dated) 新金山
• (obsolete) 澳大利 (Àodàlì)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		澳大利亞, 澳洲
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	澳洲
Cantonese	Hong Kong	澳洲
Southern Min	Xiamen	澳大利亞
	Quanzhou	澳大利亞
	Zhangzhou	澳大利亞

Dialectal synonyms of 澳大利亞 (“Australia”) [map]

Derived terms

• 澳大利亞人 / 澳大利亚人 (Àodàlìyàrén)
• 澳大利亞勛章 / 澳大利亚勋章 (Àodàlìyà xūnzhāng)
• 澳大利亞堅果 / 澳大利亚坚果 (Àodàlìyà jiānguǒ)
• 澳大利亞手語 / 澳大利亚手语 (Àodàlìyà shǒuyǔ)
• 澳大利亞聯邦 / 澳大利亚联邦 (Àodàlìyà Liánbāng)
• 澳大利亞首都特別行政區 / 澳大利亚首都特别行政区 (Àodàlìyà Shǒudū Tèbié Xíngzhèngqū)
• 澳大利亞首都領地 / 澳大利亚首都领地 (Àodàlìyà Shǒudū Lǐngdì)
• 澳抗 (àokàng)