How to Say "Sydney" in Chinese

悉尼

Xīní

悉尼 (Xīní) is the Chinese name for Sydney, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia. Wiktionary also lists 雪梨 (xuělí).

Meaning: state capital of New South Wales, Australia (name)

Ways to say it

“sydney” in Chinese
Chinese	Romanization (Wiktionary)	Note
悉尼	Xīní
雪梨	xuělí	Taiwan, also

悉尼 is the standard transliteration used in Mainland China and most international contexts. 雪梨 is an alternative form used in Taiwan.

雪梨 is used in Taiwan instead of the more common 悉尼.

Xīní

If you use the Taiwanese spelling 雪梨 in a restaurant in Beijing, you might be asked for fruit instead of a travel destination.
The name 雪梨 likely entered the Chinese language via Cantonese transliteration of the English 'Sydney'.
The characters for 雪梨 literally translate to 'snow pear', which is a real type of fruit in China.

悉尼离这里很远。
Sydney is far from here.
This sentence is useful for describing the distance to 悉尼.
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悉尼離這裡很遠。
Sydney is miles away from here.
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他今天從悉尼回來。
He got back from Sydney today.
This sentence is useful for describing someone returning from 悉尼.
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我计划明年去雪梨旅行。
I plan to travel to Sydney next year.
今天我要去悉尼购物。
Today, I'm going to go shopping in Sydney.
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Two friends are discussing their upcoming travel plans.

伟 Wei

你想去悉尼玩吗？
Nǐ xiǎng qù Xīní wán ma?
Do you want to go to Sydney for fun?
雨婷 Yuting

我想去，那里很漂亮。
Wǒ xiǎng qù, nàlǐ hěn piàoliang.
I want to go, it is very beautiful there.
伟 Wei

雨婷，我们一起去吧。
Yǔtíng, wǒmen yìqǐ qù ba.
Yuting, let's go together.
雨婷 Yuting

好啊，太好了！
Hǎo a, tài hǎo le!
Okay, that sounds great!

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