粵

金gam1山saan1

gam1 saan1Jīn shān

English

  1. Jinshan suburban district of Shanghai
  2. old name for San Francisco
  3. San Fransisco, sometimes used to refer to California or America; literally: gold mountain
  4. Jinshan or Chinshan township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 同舊金山,有時會借代指美國或加州

Examples

  • 金山橙

    orange from America / California

  • 金山伯

    old man returning from America / San Fransisco

  • 您喜欢旧金山吗?

    Do you like San Francisco?

    Tatoeba · aruhito CC BY

  • 歡迎來到舊金山。

    Welcome to San Francisco.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 我去年在舊金山看這部電影。

    I saw the film in San Francisco last year.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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