亞細亞

亞細亞

See also: 亜細亜 and 亚细亚

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (亞細亞)		亞	細	亞
simp. (亚细亚)		亚	细	亚

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Asia, which is from Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asía).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yàxìyà, Yǎxìyǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄚˋ, ㄧㄚˇ ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ sai³ aa³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Â-se-â
• Min Dong (BUC): Ā-sá̤-ā
• Min Nan (POJ): A-sè-a / A-sòe-a
• Wu (Wiktionary): hhia xi hhia (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: Yàxìyà
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄚˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yahshihyah
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ i̯ä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Pinyin: Yǎxìyǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄚˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeashihyea
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi⁵¹ i̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ sai³ aa³
    • Yale: a sai a
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ sai³ aa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ sei³ a³
    • IPA ^(key): /äː³³ sɐi̯³³ äː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Â-se-â
    • Hakka Romanization System: a´ se a´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: a¹ se⁴ a¹
    • IPA: /a²⁴⁻¹¹ se⁵⁵ a²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Ā-sá̤-ā
    • IPA ^(key): /a³³⁻²¹ ^(s-)lɛ²¹³⁻⁵³ a³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: A-sè-a
    • Tâi-lô: A-sè-a
    • Phofsit Daibuun: asea'af
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ a³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² se²¹⁻⁵³ a⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ se²¹⁻⁴¹ a⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: A-sòe-a
    • Tâi-lô: A-suè-a
    • Phofsit Daibuun: asoea'af
    • IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ sue¹¹⁻⁵³ a⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hhia xi hhia (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɦia̱²² ɕi⁵⁵ ɦia̱²¹/

Proper noun

亞細亞

1. (dated) Asia (continent)
2. (historical) Asia (Roman province)

   • 這樣有兩年之久，叫一切住在亞細亞的，無論是猶太人，是希臘人，都聽見主的道。 [MSC, trad.]
     这样有两年之久，叫一切住在亚细亚的，无论是犹太人，是希腊人，都听见主的道。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 使徒行傳 (Acts) 19:10

     Zhèyàng yǒu liǎng nián zhī jiǔ, jiào yīqiè zhù zài Yàxìyà de, wúlùn shì yóutàirén, shì xīlàrén, dōu tīngjiàn Zhǔ de dào. [Pinyin]

     And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.

Derived terms

亞洲／亚洲 (Yàzhōu)