移鼠

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (移鼠)		移	鼠
simp. #(移鼠)		移	鼠

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܝܫܘܥ (yešuʕ or ʾīšōʿ or yešuʿ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yíshǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ syu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yíshǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yíshǔ
    • Wade–Giles: I²-shu³
    • Yale: Yí-shǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yishuu
    • Palladius: Ишу (Išu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴ syu²
    • Yale: yìh syú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ sy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ xu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ syː³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ye syoX

Rime
Character	移	鼠
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	弋支切	舒吕切
Baxter	ye	syoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇ/	/ɕɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛ/	/ɕiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/jɛ/	/ɕiɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiə̆/	/ɕɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/ie/	/ɕiɔX/
Wang Li	/jǐe/	/ɕĭoX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ie̯/	/ɕi̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí	shǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji4	syu2

Proper noun

移鼠

1. (Church of the East, historical) Jesus

   • 末艷懷後產一男，名為移鼠。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     末艳怀后产一男，名为移鼠。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Sutra of Hearing the Messiah (《序聽迷詩所經》), 641

     Mòyàn huái hòu chǎn yī nán, míng wéi Yíshǔ. [Pinyin]

     Mary became pregnant and gave birth to a son, whose name was Jesus.

Synonyms

Terms for Jesus in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	耶穌
Roman Catholic	耶穌, 西士 Hokkien, historical
Eastern Orthodox	耶穌, 伊伊穌斯 dated
Church of the East	移鼠, 翳數

• (Manichaeism) 夷數／夷数 (Yíshù)