Asian

See also: asian and asían

English

Etymology

From Latin āsiānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪʒən/, /ˈeɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən, -eɪʒən

Noun

Asian (plural Asians)

1. A person from the continent of Asia.
2. A person with Asian ancestry.
   1. (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) A person from or with ancestry in Northeast or Southeast Asia.
   2. (UK, Ireland, South Africa) A person from or with ancestry in South Asia.
      • 1987 May, Paul Oliver, “Movie Mahal: Indian cinema on ITV Channel 4”, in Popular Music, →DOI, page 215:

        If radio and television programmes are anything to go by, Asians in Britain get up early on a Sunday.

      • 2013, Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala:

        Were there Taliban beheading people? I didn't tell my parents, but I flinched if an Asian-looking man came close.

3. A domestic cat of a breed similar to the Burmese.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:Asian
• (person from Asia): Oriental, Asiatic
• (person from east Asia): East Asian, Oriental, Oriental Asian, Chinese (loosely)
• (person from the Indian subcontinent): South Asian, Desi, Asian Indian, East Indian, Indian (loosely), Pakistani (loosely)

Translations

person from Asia

• Afrikaans: Asiaat
• Arabic: آسِيَوِيّ‎ m (ʔāsiyawiyy), آسِيَوِيَّة‎ f (ʔāsiyawiyya)
• Armenian: ասիացի (asiacʿi)
• Azerbaijani: asiyalı
• Belarusian: азія́т m (aziját), азія́тка f (azijátka)
• Bikol Central: Asyano
• Breton: Aziad (br) m, Aziadez (br) f
• Bulgarian: азиа́тец (bg) m (aziátec), азиа́тка f (aziátka)
• Catalan: asiàtic (ca) m, asiàtica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (in a general sense) 亞洲人／亚洲人 (zh) (Yàzhōurén), (of Asian ethnicity) 亞裔／亚裔 (zh) (yàyì)

• Czech: Asijec (cs) m, Asijka (cs) f
• Danish: asiat (da) c
• Dutch: Aziaat (nl) m, Azische f
• Esperanto: aziano
• Estonian: aasialane (et)
• Finnish: aasialainen (fi)
• French: Asiatique (fr) m or f
• Galician: asiático (gl) m, asiática f
• Georgian: აზიელი (azieli)
• German: Asiate (de) m, Asiat (de) m, Asiatin (de) f (female)
• Greek: Ασιάτης (el) m (Asiátis), Ασιάτισσα (el) f (Asiátissa)
• Hawaiian: ʻĀkia
• Hindi: एशियाई (hi) (eśiyāī)
• Hungarian: ázsiai (hu)
• Ingush: азхо (azxo)
• Inupiaq: Inupiaŋuaq
• Irish: Áiseach m
• Italian: asiatico (it) m, asiatica (it) f
• Japanese: アジア人 (アジアじん, ajiajin)
• Kashubian: Azjata m, Azjatka f
• Kazakh: азиялық (aziälyq)
• Korean: 동양인(東洋人) (ko) (dong'yang'in), 아시아인 (ko) (asiain)
• Kyrgyz: азиялык (aziyalık)
• Lao: ຄົນອາຊີ (khonʼā sī)
• Latvian: aziāts m, aziāte f
• Lithuanian: azijietis (lt) m, azijietė (lt) f
• Macedonian: Азиец m (Aziec), Азијка f (Azijka)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: asiat (no) m

• Polish: Azjata (pl), Azjatka (pl) f
• Portuguese: asiático (pt) m, asiática f
• Romanian: asiatic (ro) m, asiatică (ro) f
• Russian: азиа́т (ru) m (aziát), азиа́тка (ru) f (aziátka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ази́јац m, А̑зӣјка f

  Roman: Azíjac (sh) m, Ȃzījka f

• Slovak: Ázijec m, Ázijka f
• Slovene: aziat m, azijka f
• Spanish: asiático (es) m, asiática (es) f
• Swedish: asiat (sv) c
• Tagalog: Asyano (tl)
• Tajik: осиёӣ (tg) (osiyoyī)
• Telugu: ఆసియను (āsiyanu)
• Thai: คนเอเชีย (kon ee-chiia)
• Turkish: Asyalı (tr)
• Ukrainian: азіа́т (uk) m (aziát), азіа́тка (uk) f (aziátka)
• Uzbek: osiyolik (uz)
• Vietnamese: người châu Á, người Á châu (dated)
• Volapük: Siyopan (vo)

person from or descended from people from the Indian sub-continent

• Afrikaans: Asiër
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 南亞裔／南亚裔 (nányàyì)

• Dutch: Aziaat (nl) m, Azische f, Indiër (nl) m, Indische (nl) f
• Finnish: intialainen (fi)
• French: asiatique (fr) m or f
• Hungarian: ázsiai (hu), indiai (hu), dél-ázsiai
• Italian: asiatico (it) m, asiatica (it) f
• Japanese: 南アジア人 (みなみアジアじん, minami ajiajin)
• Korean: 남아시아인 (namasiain)
• Portuguese: asiático (pt) m, asiática f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: Azíjac (sh) m, Ȃzījka f

• Spanish: hindú (es) c, indio (es) m
• Swedish: indier (sv) c

person from or descended from people from east Asia

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 東亞裔／东亚裔 (dōngyàyì)

• Dutch: Aziaat (nl) m, Azische f, Oost-Aziaat m, Oost-Azische f
• Finnish: itäaasialainen
• French: asiatique (fr)
• Hebrew: אסיאתי‎ m (asyáti)
• Hungarian: ázsiai (hu), távol-keleti, kelet-ázsiai
• Japanese: 東アジア人 (ひがしアジアじん, higashi ajiajin)
• Korean: 동양인(東洋人) (ko) (dong'yang'in), 동아시아인 (dong'asiain)
• Portuguese: asiático (pt) m, asiática f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: Azíjac (sh) m, Ȃzījka f

• Spanish: oriental (es) c
• Swedish: asiat (sv) c
• Vietnamese: người Á Đông

Adjective

Asian (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to or from Asia.
   • 2015 June 4, Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, “The beauty contest winner making Japan look at itself”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     There are white, black, Asian and Chinese Britons

Synonyms

• Asiatic

Derived terms

• Asianic
• Asianist
• Asianize, Asianization (Asianisation)
• Asianness (Asianess)

 

Blends

• Afrasian
• Amerasian
• Blasian
• Cablinasian
• Eurasian (Europasian)
• gaysian
• Hispasian
• Whasian

 

Expressions: animal species

• Asian badger
• Asian bearcat
• Asian black bear
• Asian black rat
• Asian brown flycatcher
• Asian carp
• Asian clam
• Asian common toad
• Asian corn borer
• Asian desert warbler
• Asian elephant
• Asian giant hornet
• Asian koel
• Asian lion
• Asian palm civet
• Asian pear
• Asian Semi-longhair
• Asian swamp eel
• Asian wild dog

Expressions: other terms

• Asian baby girl
• Asian conical hat
• Asian dust
• Asian flu (contagion, influenza)
• Asian flush
• Asian Games
• Asian glow
• Asian Indian
• Asian influenza
• Asian six-pack
• Asian songbird crisis
• Asian squat
• Asian utility vehicle

Related terms

• Asiaphobe, Asiaphobia, Asiaphobic
• Asiatic → Asiatically

 

Expressions from compound words with “Asia”

• Asian-Pacific
• British Asian
• Central Asian
• East Asian
• Indo-Asian (Indoasian)
• Pan-Asian
• South Asian
• Southeast Asian
• West Asian
• Western Asian

 

Translations

of, relating to or from Asia

• Albanian: aziatik (sq)
• Arabic: آسِيَوِيّ‎ (ʔāsiyawiyy)
• Armenian: ասիական (asiakan)
• Azerbaijani: asiyalı
• Belarusian: азія́цкі (azijácki)
• Bengali: এশিয়ান (eśiẏan)
• Bulgarian: азиа́тски (aziátski)
• Burmese: အာရှ (my) (ahra.)
• Catalan: asiàtic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞洲的／亚洲的 (zh) (Yàzhōu de, Yǎzhōu de)

• Czech: asijský (cs)
• Danish: asiatisk
• Dutch: Aziatisch (nl)
• Estonian: aasia (et)
• Finnish: aasialainen (fi)
• French: asiatique (fr)
• Galician: asiático (gl)
• Georgian: აზიური (aziuri)
• German: asiatisch (de)
• Greek: ασιατικός (el) (asiatikós), ασιάτικος (el) (asiátikos)

  Ancient Greek: Ἀσιατικός (Asiatikós)

• Hawaiian: ʻĀkia
• Hebrew: אַסְיָתִי‎ (asyáti)
• Hindi: एशियाई (hi) (eśiyāī)
• Hungarian: ázsiai (hu)
• Icelandic: asískur
• Irish: Áiseach
• Italian: asiatico (it)
• Japanese: アジアの (ja) (アジアの, Ajia no)
• Kashubian: azjacczi, azjatny
• Kazakh: азиялық (aziälyq)
• Khmer: អាស៊ី (km) (ʼaazii)
• Korean: 아시아의 (ko) (asia-ui)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: asyayî (ku)

• Kyrgyz: азиялык (aziyalık)
• Lao: ອາຊີ (lo) (ʼā sī)
• Latvian: Āzijas, aziāšu, aziātisks
• Lithuanian: Azijos (lt), azijiečių
• Macedonian: азиски (aziski)
• Malay: Asia
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: азийн (aziin), ази (azi)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: asiatisk

  Nynorsk: asiatisk (nn)

• Pashto: آسیايي‎ (āsyāyí)
• Persian: آسیایی‎ (fa) (âsiyâyi)
• Polish: azjatycki (pl)
• Portuguese: asiático (pt)
• Romanian: asiatic (ro)
• Russian: азиа́тский (ru) (aziátskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̑зӣјскӣ

  Roman: ȃzījskī (sh)

• Slovak: ázijský (sk)
• Slovene: azijski (sl)
• Spanish: asiático (es)
• Swedish: asiatisk (sv)
• Tagalog: Asyahin
• Tajik: осиёӣ (tg) (osiyoyī)
• Telugu: ఆసియను (āsiyanu)
• Thai: เอเชีย (th) (ee-chiia)
• Turkish: asyalı
• Turkmen: aziýaly
• Ukrainian: азіа́тський (uk) (aziátsʹkyj)
• Urdu: ایشیائی‎ (eśiyāī)
• Uyghur: ئاسىيالىق‎ (asiyaliq)
• Uzbek: osiyolik (uz)
• Vietnamese: châu Á (vi), Á châu (vi) (dated)
• Volapük: Siyopik (vo)
• Yiddish: אַזיאַטיש‎ (azyatish)
• Zhuang: Yacouh

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