以色列

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (以色列)		以	色	列
simp. ^#(以色列)		以	色	列

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Etymology

Ultimately from Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, “Israel”). First used by German missionary Karl Gützlaff.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yǐsèliè

(Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄙㄜˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ji⁵ sik¹ lit⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): yi⁴ set² let⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): Yî-set-lie̍t

(Hailu, HRS): rhi^ˋ sed lied^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): yi¹ sêd⁵ liêd⁶
Eastern Min (BUC): Ī-sáik-liĕk
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): i³ seh⁶ leh⁷
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Í-sek-lia̍t / Í-siak-lia̍t

(Teochew, Peng'im): in² sêg⁴ liêg⁸
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵i-seq-liq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yǐsèliè
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄙㄜˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yǐsèliè
  - Wade–Giles: I³-sê⁴-lieh⁴
  - Yale: Yǐ-sè-lyè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yiisehlieh
  - Palladius: Исэле (Isɛle)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁵ sik¹ lit⁶
  - Yale: yíh sīk liht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ sik⁷ lit⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ xig¹ lid⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ sɪk̚⁵ liːt̚²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: yi⁴ set² let⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ji²¹ set̚⁵⁵ let̚³²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yî-set-lie̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: i^ˊ sed^ˋ lied
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi¹ sed⁵ liad⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /i²⁴ set̚² li̯et̚⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yî-set-lie̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)i^ˊ sed^ˋ lied
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi¹ sed⁵ liad⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i²⁴ set̚² li̯et̚⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: rhi^ˋ sed lied^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /ʒi⁵³ set⁵⁻² liet²/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: yi¹ sêd⁵ liêd⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /i⁴⁴⁻³⁵ sɛt̚¹ liɛt̚⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Ī-sáik-liĕk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³³⁻²¹ ^(s-)lɛiʔ²⁴⁻²¹ l̃ieʔ⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: i³ seh⁶ leh⁷ [Phonetic: i² seh⁷ leh⁷]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Î-seh-le̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁴⁵³⁻¹³ ɬɛʔ²¹⁻⁴⁵ lɛʔ⁴/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: i³ seh⁶ leh⁷ [Phonetic: i² seh⁷ leh⁷]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³³²⁻²⁴ ɬɛʔ²⁻⁴ lɛʔ⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Í-sek-lia̍t
  - Tâi-lô: Í-sik-lia̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ysekliat
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁵ liɛt̚¹²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liɛt̚⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liɛt̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Í-siak-lia̍t
  - Tâi-lô: Í-siak-lia̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ysiakliat
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siak̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɛt̚²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: in² sêg⁴ liêg⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: íⁿ sek lie̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ĩ⁵²⁻³⁵ sek̚²⁻⁴ liek̚⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵i-seq-liq
  - MiniDict: i^去 seh lih
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²i-seq-liq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /i³³ səʔ⁵⁵ liɪʔ²¹/

Proper noun

以色列

Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)
- 1836, Karl Gützlaff, 正教安慰, volume 1, Singapore: 堅夏書院, page 10:
  
  故此我以國封爾，猶我父封我亦然。爾同我赴席，飲食于我國也。坐位，審判以色列民十二宗派也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  故此我以国封尔，犹我父封我亦然。尔同我赴席，饮食于我国也。坐位，审判以色列民十二宗派也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  Gùcǐ wǒ yǐ guó fēng ěr, yóu wǒ fù fēng wǒ yìrán. Ěr tóng wǒ fùxí, yǐnshí yú wǒguó yě. Zuò wèi, shěnpàn yǐsèliè mín shí'èr zōngpài yě. [Pinyin]
  And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Israel (another name for Jacob)

Synonyms

(Israel): (abbreviation) 以 (Yǐ); (short form) 以國／以国 (Yǐguó); (obsolete) 一賜樂業／一赐乐业 (Yīcìlèyè), 以色耳