彌賽亞

See also: 弥赛亚

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (彌賽亞)		彌	賽	亞
simp. (弥赛亚)		弥	赛	亚

Etymology

Borrowed from English Messiah.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mísàiyà, Mísàiyǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ ㄙㄞˋ ㄧㄚˋ, ㄇㄧˊ ㄙㄞˋ ㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁴ coi³ aa³ / mei⁴ coi³ aa³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Mì-soi-â / Nì-soi-â
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bi² soe⁴ a⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bí-sài-a / Mî-sài-a
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶mi-se₅-ia₁

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mísàiyà
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄙㄞˋ ㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mísàiyà
    • Wade–Giles: Mi²-sai⁴-ya⁴
    • Yale: Mí-sài-yà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Misayyah
    • Palladius: Мисайя (Misajja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵ saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ jä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mísàiyǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄙㄞˋ ㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mísàiyǎ
    • Wade–Giles: Mi²-sai⁴-ya³
    • Yale: Mí-sài-yǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Misayyea
    • Palladius: Мисайя (Misajja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵ saɪ̯⁵¹ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nei⁴ coi³ aa³ / mei⁴ coi³ aa³
    • Yale: nèih choi a / mèih choi a
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁴ tsoi³ aa³ / mei⁴ tsoi³ aa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: néi⁴ coi³ a³ / méi⁴ coi³ a³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ aː³³/, /mei̯²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ aː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Mì-soi-â / Nì-soi-â
    • Hakka Romanization System: mi^ˇ soi a^ˊ / ni^ˇ soi a^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mi² soi⁴ a¹ / ni² soi⁴ a¹
    • Sinological IPA: /mi¹¹ soi̯⁵⁵ a²⁴/, /ni¹¹ soi̯⁵⁵ a²⁴/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bi² soe⁴ a⁴ [Phonetic: bi⁵ soe¹ a⁴]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Bí-se̤̍-a̍
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi¹³⁻²¹ ɬø⁴²⁻⁵⁵ a⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bí-sài-a
    • Tâi-lô: Bí-sài-a
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bysae'af
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sai²¹⁻⁵³ a⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sai¹¹⁻⁵³ a⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sai²¹⁻⁴¹ a⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Mî-sài-a
    • Tâi-lô: Mî-sài-a
    • Phofsit Daibuun: misae'af
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mĩ²³⁻³³ sai²¹⁻⁴¹ a⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ sai¹¹⁻⁵³ a⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶mi-se₅-ia₁
    • MiniDict: mi^去 se^去 ia^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mi-se₂-ia₁
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mi²² se⁵⁵ ia²¹/

Proper noun

彌賽亞

1. (Christianity, chiefly Protestantism) Messiah (Jesus)

Synonyms

• 麥西哈／麦西哈 (Islam)

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	彌賽亞
Roman Catholic	默西亞
Eastern Orthodox	羋西亞
Church of the East	彌施訶, 彌師訶

Terms for Messiah in different branches of Christianity