士班雅

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (士班雅)		士	班	雅
simp. #(士班雅)		士	班	雅

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Koine Greek Σπανίαν?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shìbānyǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄅㄢ ㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ baan¹ ngaa⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shìbānyǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄅㄢ ㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shìhbanyǎ
    • Wade–Giles: Shih⁴-pan¹-ya³
    • Yale: Shr̀-bān-yǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyhbanyea
    • Palladius: Шибанья (Šibanʹja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ pän⁵⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ baan¹ ngaa⁵
    • Yale: sih bāan ngáh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ baan¹ ngaa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ ban¹ nga⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² paːn⁵⁵ ŋaː¹³/

Proper noun

士班雅

1. (obsolete) Spain (a country in Europe)
   • 1885, 新約全書中西字 [The New Testament in English and Mandarin], Shanghai: American Bible Society, Romans 15:28, page 425:

     我完全了這事、成就了這善果、將從你們那裏、往士班雅去。 [MSC, trad.]
     我完全了这事、成就了这善果、将从你们那里、往士班雅去。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒ wánquánle zhè shì, chéngjiùle zhè shànguǒ, jiāng cóng nǐmen nàlǐ, wǎng Shìbānyǎ qù. [Pinyin]

     When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.

Usage notes

• Still used by some Christians when referring to Spain during the New Testament period due to its use in the Chinese Union Version, the predominant Chinese translation of the Bible used by Chinese Protestant Christians.

Synonyms

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• 以西把你亞 / 以西把你亚 (historical)
• 以西把尼亞 / 以西把尼亚 (historical)
• 大呂宋 / 大吕宋 (Dàlǚsòng) (historical)
• 日斯巴尼亞 / 日斯巴尼亚 (Rìsībāníyà) (historical)
• 是班牙 (Shìbānyá) (historical)
• 西 (xī) (abbreviation)
• 西班牙 (Xībānyá)