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
alternative forms	亞西亞／亚西亚

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Asia, from Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asía); first attested in Kunyu Wanguo Quantu [1602] by Matteo Ricci.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yàxìyà, Yǎxìyǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄚˋ, ㄧㄚˇ ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ sai³ aa³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Â-se-â
Eastern Min (BUC): Ā-sá̤-ā
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): A-sè-a / A-sòe-a

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yàxìyà
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yàsìyà
  - Wade–Giles: ya⁴-hsi⁴-ya⁴
  - Yale: yà-syì-yà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yahshihyah
  - Palladius: ясия (jasija)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ jä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yǎxìyǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎsìyǎ
  - Wade–Giles: ya³-hsi⁴-ya³
  - Yale: yǎ-syì-yǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeashihyea
  - Palladius: ясия (jasija)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵¹ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: aa³ sai³ aa³
  - Yale: a sai a
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ sai³ aa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: a³ sei³ a³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ sɐi̯³³ aː³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Â-se-â
  - Hakka Romanization System: a^ˊ se a^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: a¹ se⁴ a¹
  - Sinological IPA: /a²⁴⁻¹¹ se⁵⁵ a²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Ā-sá̤-ā
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /a³³⁻²¹ ^(s-)lɛ²¹³⁻⁵³ a³³/
Southern Min
- (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/

Proper noun

亞細亞

(dated) Asia (continent)
- 因其地居三大州之中，凡亞細亞、歐邏巴、利未亞之富商大賈多聚此地。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  因其地居三大州之中，凡亚细亚、欧逻巴、利未亚之富商大贾多聚此地。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1623, Giulio Aleni, 職方外紀
  Yīn qí dì jū sān dà zhōu zhī zhōng, fán Yàxìyà, Ōuluóbā, Lìwèiyà zhī fùshāng dàgǔ duō jù cǐ dì. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
(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)
小亞細亞 / 小亚细亚

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (亞細亞):

→ Japanese: 亜細亜(アジア) (ajia)
→ Korean: 아세아(亞細亞) (asea)
→ Vietnamese: Á Tế Á (亞細亞)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
亞	細	亞
あ Jinmeiyō (ateji)	じ Grade: 2 (ateji)	あ Jinmeiyō (ateji)
kan'on	irregular	kan'on

For pronunciation and definitions of 亞細亞 – see the following entry.

【亜細亜アジア】	[proper noun] Dated spelling of アジア (Ajia, “Asia (a continent)”).
【亜細亜アジヤ】	[proper noun] Alternative spelling of アジヤ (Ajiya, “(obsolete) Asia (a continent)”)

(This term, 亞細亞, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
亞	細	亞

Noun

亞細亞 • (asea) (hangeul 아세아)

hanja form^? of 아세아 (“Asia”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
亞	細	亞

Noun

亞細亞

chữ Hán form of Á Tế Á (“Asia”).