耶穌

See also: 耶蘇 and 耶稣

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (耶穌)		耶	穌
simp. (耶稣)		耶	稣

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), possibly via Latin Iesus and other European languages.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yēsū, Yésū

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝ ㄙㄨ, ㄧㄝˊ ㄙㄨ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): je⁴ sou¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): yie³ lhu^1*

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Yâ-sû
• Northern Min (KCR): Iǎ-sú
• Eastern Min (BUC): Ià-sŭ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Iâ-so͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ia⁵ sou¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ia-su

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yēsū
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝ ㄙㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yesu
    • Wade–Giles: yeh¹-su¹
    • Yale: yē-sū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iesu
    • Palladius: есу (jesu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵⁵ su⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yésū
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˊ ㄙㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yésu
    • Wade–Giles: yeh²-su¹
    • Yale: yé-sū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yesu
    • Palladius: есу (jesu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ³⁵ su⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁴ sou¹
    • Yale: yèh sōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁴ sou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁴ sou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː²¹ sou̯⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: yie³ lhu^1*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiɛ²² ɬu³³⁻³³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yâ-sû
    • Hakka Romanization System: ia´ su´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ya¹ su¹
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯a²⁴⁻¹¹ su²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yâ-sû
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ia´ su´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ya¹ su¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯a²⁴⁻¹¹ su²⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Iǎ-sú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ia²¹ su⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Ià-sŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ia⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)lu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iâ-so͘
    • Tâi-lô: Iâ-soo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iasof
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ia²⁴⁻²² sɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ia²⁴⁻²² sɔ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ia¹³⁻²² sɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ia²⁴⁻¹¹ sɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia²³⁻³³ sɔ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ia⁵ sou¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iâ sou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ia⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sou³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹ia-su
    • MiniDict: ia^平 su
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ia-su
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ia⁵⁵ su²¹/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 耶穌

1. Jesus
   • (Can we date this quote?), 天主降生聖像／天主降生圣像, page 3:

     耶穌聖體射光子夜如晝 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     耶稣圣体射光子夜如昼 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Yēsū shèngtǐ shèguāng zǐyè rú zhòu [Pinyin]

     The body of Jesus shone, and the midnight was like the morning.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (耶穌):

• → Japanese: 耶蘇(やそ) (Yaso)
• → Korean: 야소(耶穌) (Yaso)

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