新金山

Chinese

		new; newly; meso- (chem.)	gold mine
simp. and trad. (新金山)		新	金山

Etymology

The name refers to the gold rush around Melbourne and contrasts it with 舊金山／旧金山 (Jiùjīnshān, “Old Gold Mountain”): San Francisco, California, in the United States. (金山 being used loosely for any place of great chances for wealth, in a similar fashion to the English "gold mine".)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xīnjīnshān

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣㄐㄧㄣㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ gam¹ saan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Xīnjīnshān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄐㄧㄣㄕㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shinjinshan
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʂa̠n⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: san¹ gam¹ saan¹
  - Yale: sān gām sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ gam¹ saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ gem¹ san¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵ sɑːn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

新金山

(dated) Melbourne (city in Australia)

Synonyms

墨爾本／墨尔本 (Mò'ěrběn)

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