美狄亞

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (美狄亞)		美	狄	亞
simp. (美狄亚)		美	狄	亚
Literally: “beautiful / barbarian / inferior”.

Etymology

From English Medea, ultimately from Ancient Greek Μήδεια (Mḗdeia).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Měidíyà

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄉㄧˊ ㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ dik⁶ aa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Měidíyà
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄉㄧˊ ㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Měidíyà
    • Wade–Giles: Mei³-ti²-ya⁴
    • Yale: Měi-dí-yà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Meeidyiyah
    • Palladius: Мэйдия (Mɛjdija)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti³⁵ jä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ dik⁶ aa³
    • Yale: méih dihk a
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ dik⁹ aa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ dig⁶ a³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ tɪk̚² aː³³/

Proper noun

美狄亞

1. (Greek mythology) Medea