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)

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

(dated) Asia (continent)
(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)

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