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耶穌

耶穌

See also: 耶稣

Chinese

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

Proper noun

耶穌

Jesus

Derived terms

耶穌基督／耶稣基督 (Yēsū Jīdū)

耶穌會／耶稣会

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς ‎(Iēsoûs), via Latin and other European languages.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Yēsū

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄝㄙㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁴ sou¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Yâ-sû
Min Nan

(Hokkien, POJ): Iâ-so͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): ia⁵ sou¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Yēsū
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄝㄙㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Iesu
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛ⁵⁵ su⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: je⁴ sou¹
  - Yale: yèh sōu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: je⁴ sou¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jɛː²¹ sou̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yâ-sû
  - Hakka Romanization System: ia´ su´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ya¹ su¹
  - IPA: /i̯a²⁴⁻¹¹ su²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yâ-sû
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)ia´ su´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ya¹ su¹
  - IPA: /(j)i̯a²⁴⁻¹¹ su²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iâ-so͘
  - Tâi-lô: Iâ-soo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iasof
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia²³⁻³³ sɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ia²⁴⁻²² sɔ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ia²⁴⁻¹¹ sɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ia²⁴⁻²² sɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ia¹³⁻²² sɔ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ia⁵ sou¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iâ sou
  - IPA ^(key): /ia⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sou³³/