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雪梨

xuě lí

2-character word

What 雪梨 means

1. snow pear (pyrus nivalis)

Other readings

雪梨 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Xuě líSydney, capital of New South Wales, Australia (Tw)

The characters in 雪梨

• 雪xuěsnow; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)
• 梨lípear

Example sentences

• 雪梨离这里很远。
  Xuělí lí zhèlǐ hěn yuǎn.
  Sydney is far from here.
• 他今天从雪梨回来。
  Tā jīntiān cóng xuělí huílai.
  He comes back from Sydney today.
• 雪梨是澳洲最大的城市。
  Xuělí shì àozhōu zuì dà de chéngshì.
  Sydney is the largest city in Australia.

Sounds the same

Read xuě lí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 雪犁snowplow; skibob