新金山

Chinese

		new; newly; meso- (chem.)	gold mine
trad. (新金山)		新	金山
simp. ^#(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
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): san¹ gam¹ saan¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lhin¹ gim¹ san^1*

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xīnjīnshān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄐㄧㄣㄕㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sinjinshan
  - Wade–Giles: Hsin¹-chin¹-shan¹
  - Yale: Syīn-jīn-shān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shinjinshan
  - Palladius: Синьцзиньшань (Sinʹczinʹšanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: san¹ gam¹ saan¹
  - Yale: sān gām sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ gam¹ saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ gem¹ san¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lhin¹ gim¹ san^1*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬin³³ kim³³ san³³⁻³³⁵/

Proper noun

新金山

(dated) Melbourne (a city, the state capital of Victoria, Australia)
(dated or Taishanese) Australia

Synonyms

(Melbourne): 墨爾本／墨尔本 (Mò'ěrběn)
(Australia): 澳大利亞／澳大利亚 (Àodàlìyà), 澳洲 (Àozhōu)

Related terms

舊金山／旧金山 (Jiùjīnshān, “San Francisco, California, United States”)