彌施訶

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (彌施訶)		彌	施	訶
simp. (弥施诃)		弥	施	诃

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܡܫܝܼܚܵܐ (M'šīḥāʾ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Míshīhē

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ ㄕ ㄏㄜ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Míshīhē
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄕ ㄏㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Míshihhe
    • Wade–Giles: Mi²-shih¹-ho¹
    • Yale: Mí-shr̄-hē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mishyhe
    • Palladius: Мишихэ (Mišixɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xɤ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: mjie sye xa

Rime
Character	彌	施	訶
Reading #	1/1	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	書 (26)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	支 (11)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	I
Fanqie	武移切	式支切	虎何切
Baxter	mjie	sye	xa
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇ/	/ɕiᴇ/	/hɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛ/	/ɕiɛ/	/hɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/mjɛ/	/ɕjɛ/	/xɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miə̆/	/ɕiə̆/	/ha/
Li Rong	/mie/	/ɕie/	/xɑ/
Wang Li	/mǐe/	/ɕǐe/	/xɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mie̯/	/ɕie̯/	/xɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mí	shī	hē
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei4	si1	ho1

Proper noun

彌施訶

1. (Church of the East, historical) Messiah (Jesus)

   • 彌施訶普尊大聖子，廣度苦界救無億。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     弥施诃普尊大圣子，广度苦界救无亿。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 760, 景淨, 《景教三威蒙度讚》

     Míshīhē pǔzūn dà Shèngzǐ, guǎngdù kǔjiè jiù wúyì. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

Terms for Messiah in different branches of Christianity

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