亞細亞洲

Chinese

		Asia; Asia	continent; island
trad. (亞細亞洲)		亞細亞	洲
simp. (亚细亚洲)		亚细亚	洲

Etymology

From 亞細亞／亚细亚 (yàxìyà, “Asia”) +‎ 洲 (zhōu, “continent”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàxìyà Zhōu, yǎxìyǎ Zhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄚˋ ㄓㄡ, ㄧㄚˇ ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄚˇ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ sai³ aa³ zau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàxìyà Zhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄚˋ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàsìyà Jhou
    • Wade–Giles: ya⁴-hsi⁴-ya⁴ Chou¹
    • Yale: yà-syì-yà Jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yahshihyah Jou
    • Palladius: ясия Чжоу (jasija Čžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ jä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎxìyǎ Zhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄚˇ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎsìyǎ Jhou
    • Wade–Giles: ya³-hsi⁴-ya³ Chou¹
    • Yale: yǎ-syì-yǎ Jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeashihyea Jou
    • Palladius: ясия Чжоу (jasija Čžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵¹ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ sai³ aa³ zau¹
    • Yale: a sai a jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ sai³ aa³ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ sei³ a³ zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ sɐi̯³³ aː³³ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

亞細亞洲

1. (formal, literary) Asia