亞細安

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (亞細安)		亞	細	安
simp. (亚细安)		亚	细	安

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English ASEAN, based on 亞細亞／亚细亚 (Yàxìyà, “Asia”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yàxì'ān, Yǎxì'ān

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧˋ ㄢ, ㄧㄚˇ ㄒㄧˋ ㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ sai³ on¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yàxì'ān
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧˋ ㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàsì-an
    • Wade–Giles: ya⁴-hsi⁴-an¹
    • Yale: yà-syì-ān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yahshihan
    • Palladius: ясиань (jasianʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵¹ ˀän⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yǎxì'ān
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ ㄒㄧˋ ㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎsì-an
    • Wade–Giles: ya³-hsi⁴-an¹
    • Yale: yǎ-syì-ān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeashihan
    • Palladius: ясиань (jasianʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵¹ ˀän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ sai³ on¹
    • Yale: a sai ōn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ sai³ on¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ sei³ on¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ sɐi̯³³ ɔːn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

亞細安

1. (～組織)(Singapore, Malaysia) Alternative term for 東南亞國家聯盟／东南亚国家联盟 (Dōngnányà Guójiā Liánméng, “ASEAN”).

Synonyms

• (China) 東盟／东盟 (Dōngméng)