得撒

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (得撒)		得	撒
simp. ^#(得撒)		得	撒

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Désā

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄜˊ ㄙㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dak¹ saat³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Désā
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄜˊ ㄙㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Désa
  - Wade–Giles: Tê²-sa¹
  - Yale: Dé-sā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dersa
  - Palladius: Дэса (Dɛsa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤ³⁵ sä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dak¹ saat³
  - Yale: dāk saat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ saat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: deg¹ sad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚⁵ saːt̚³/

Proper noun

得撒

(Protestantism) Tirzah (A town in Israel)
Synonym: 提爾匝 / 提尔匝 (Catholicism)
- (Can we date this quote?), “Joshua 12:24”, in The Bible (Chinese Union Version):
  
  一個是得撒王，共計三十一個王。 [MSC, trad.]
  一个是得撒王，共计三十一个王。 [MSC, simp.]
  Yī ge shì désǎ wáng, gòngjì sānshíyī ge wáng. [Pinyin]
  The king of Tirzah, one. All the kings thirty and one.
(obsolete) Alternative form of 德克薩斯 / 德克萨斯 (Dékèsàsī, “Texas”)
- 1849, 徐繼畬 [Xu Jiyu], “北亞墨利加米利堅合眾國 [The United States of America in North America]”, in 《瀛寰志略》 [A Short Account of the Maritime Circuit]:
  
  米利堅，亞墨利加大國也，因其船掛花旗，故粵東呼爲花旗國。北界英土，南界墨西哥、得撒，東距大西洋海，西距大洋海。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  米利坚，亚墨利加大国也，因其船挂花旗，故粤东呼为花旗国。北界英土，南界墨西哥、得撒，东距大西洋海，西距大洋海。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  Mǐlìjiān, Yàmòlìjiā dàguó yě, yīn qí chuán guà huāqí, gù Yuèdōng hū wèi huāqíguó. Běi jiè Yīng tǔ, nán jiè Mòxīgē, Désǎ, dōng jù Dàxīyáng hǎi, xī jù Dàyáng hǎi. [Pinyin]
  The (United States of) America is a large country on the (continent of) America. People in Guangdong call it the "country of the Star-Spangled Banner" because it ships are hanging such banners. It borders with British territories (i.e. Canada) in the north, and with Mexico and (the Republic of) Texas in the south. The Atlantic Ocean is on its east and the Pacific Ocean is on its west.