彌賽亞

See also: 弥赛亚

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (彌賽亞)		彌	賽	亞
simp. (弥赛亚)		弥	赛	亚

Etymology

Borrowed from English Messiah.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Mísàiyà, Mísàiyǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ ㄙㄞˋ ㄧㄚˋ, ㄇㄧˊ ㄙㄞˋ ㄧㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁴ coi³ aa³ / mei⁴ coi³ aa³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Mì-soi-â / Nì-soi-â
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bí-sài-a / Mî-sài-a

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Mísàiyà
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄙㄞˋ ㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Mísàiyà
  - Wade–Giles: Mi²-sai⁴-ya⁴
  - Yale: Mí-sài-yà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Misayyah
  - Palladius: Мисайя (Misajja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵ saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ jä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Mísàiyǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄙㄞˋ ㄧㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Mísàiyǎ
  - Wade–Giles: Mi²-sai⁴-ya³
  - Yale: Mí-sài-yǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Misayyea
  - Palladius: Мисайя (Misajja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵ saɪ̯⁵¹ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: nei⁴ coi³ aa³ / mei⁴ coi³ aa³
  - Yale: nèih choi a / mèih choi a
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁴ tsoi³ aa³ / mei⁴ tsoi³ aa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: néi⁴ coi³ a³ / méi⁴ coi³ a³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ aː³³/, /mei̯²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ aː³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Mì-soi-â / Nì-soi-â
  - Hakka Romanization System: mi^ˇ soi a^ˊ / ni^ˇ soi a^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mi² soi⁴ a¹ / ni² soi⁴ a¹
  - Sinological IPA: /mi¹¹ soi̯⁵⁵ a²⁴/, /ni¹¹ soi̯⁵⁵ a²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bí-sài-a
  - Tâi-lô: Bí-sài-a
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bysae'af
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sai²¹⁻⁵³ a⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sai¹¹⁻⁵³ a⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sai²¹⁻⁴¹ a⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Mî-sài-a
  - Tâi-lô: Mî-sài-a
  - Phofsit Daibuun: misae'af
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mĩ²³⁻³³ sai²¹⁻⁴¹ a⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ sai¹¹⁻⁵³ a⁴⁴/

Proper noun

彌賽亞

(Christianity) Messiah (Jesus)

Synonyms

麥西哈／麦西哈 (Islam)

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