The Chinese name for Sydney: 雪梨 or 悉尼

It is interesting to learn about how Chinese from different parts of the world may use different Chinese characters to name a place. This happened to Sydney, as I have learnt from my good friend, XS.

According to a source on About.com that I have found on the internet, it was stated that the Chinese name for Sydney is 悉尼.

However, I trust my friend, XS, who shared that in Taiwan and Hong Kong, Sydney is commonly known as 雪梨. This is further verified when I was browsing through the copy of the Chinese newspapers published in Sydney which I had bought. Sydney was referred to as 雪梨.

When I went to souvenir shops in Sydney, the souvenirs that I had seen that bore the Chinese characters also refer to Sydney as 雪梨.

I was told that it's the Chinese in Singapore and Malaysia who would use 悉尼 as the Chinese name for Sydney.

Which Chinese name would you prefer to call Sydney by?

Anyway, I have learnt to consciously refer to Sydney as 雪梨 as that's the term that is being used by my friend.

Sing Tao Daily (Australian Edition)
and The Sydney Morning Herald from Australia.