鹹水埠
Chinese
salt water; brine; Hong Kong dollar | a jetty; port; a city a jetty; port; a city; quay | ||
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trad. (鹹水埠) | 鹹水 | 埠 | |
simp. (咸水埠) | 咸水 | 埠 |
Pronunciation
Proper noun
鹹水埠
- (historical) Chinatown (a neighborhood of Vancouver, Canada); or Vancouver (a city in Canada)
- 1904, David D. Jones [約翰大衛德], quoting advertisement, The Surnames of the Chinese in America [旅美華人姓字], page 32:
- 加拿大 域多利 咸水埠 歌林巴等埠之總理華人入境委員 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- gaa1 naa4 daai6, wik6 do1 lei6, haam4 seoi2 fau6, go1 lam4 baa1 dang2 bou6 zi1 zung2 lei5 waa4 jan4 jap6 ging2 wai1 jyun4 [Jyutping]
- (please add an English translation of this example)
加拿大 域多利 咸水埠 歌林巴等埠之总理华人入境委员 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Descendants
- → English: Saltwater City (calque)