# 亞細亞
## Chinese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Asia, from Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asía); first attested in Kunyu Wanguo Quantu [1602] by Matteo Ricci.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Yàxìyà, Yǎxìyǎ
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄚˋ, ㄧㄚˇ ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄚˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): aa$^3$ sai$^3$ aa$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Â-se-â
* Eastern Min (BUC): Ā-sá̤-ā
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): A-sè-a / A-sòe-a
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Yàxìyà
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yàsìyà
*** Wade–Giles: ya$^4$-hsi$^4$-ya$^4$
*** Yale: yà-syì-yà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yahshihyah
*** Palladius: ясия (jasija)
*** Sinological IPA : /jä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ jä⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, common variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Yǎxìyǎ
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄚˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yǎsìyǎ
*** Wade–Giles: ya$^3$-hsi$^4$-ya$^3$
*** Yale: yǎ-syì-yǎ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeashihyea
*** Palladius: ясия (jasija)
*** Sinological IPA : /jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵¹ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: aa$^3$ sai$^3$ aa$^3$
*** Yale: a sai a
*** Cantonese Pinyin: aa$^3$ sai$^3$ aa$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: a$^3$ sei$^3$ a$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /aː³³ sɐi̯³³ aː³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Â-se-â
*** Hakka Romanization System: a$^ˊ$ se a$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: a$^1$ se$^4$ a$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /a²⁴⁻¹¹ se⁵⁵ a²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: Ā-sá̤-ā
*** Sinological IPA : /a³³⁻²¹ $^{(s-)}$lɛ²¹³⁻⁵³ a³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: A-sè-a
*** Tâi-lô: A-sè-a
*** Phofsit Daibuun: asea'af
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ a³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² se²¹⁻⁵³ a⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ se²¹⁻⁴¹ a⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: A-sòe-a
*** Tâi-lô: A-suè-a
*** Phofsit Daibuun: asoea'af
*** IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ sue¹¹⁻⁵³ a⁴⁴/

### Proper noun

亞細亞
* (dated) Asia (continent)
    From: 1623, Giulio Aleni, 職方外紀
    Yīn qí dì jū sān dà zhōu zhī zhōng, fán Yàxìyà, Ōuluóbā, Lìwèiyà zhī fùshāng dàgǔ duō jù cǐ dì. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (historical) Asia (Roman province)
    From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 使徒行傳 (Acts) 19:10
    Zhèyàng yǒu liǎng nián zhī jiǔ, jiào yīqiè zhù zài Yàxìyà de, wúlùn shì yóutàirén, shì xīlàrén, dōu tīngjiàn Zhǔ de dào. [Pinyin]
    And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.

#### Derived terms

* 亞洲／亚洲 (Yàzhōu)
* 小亞細亞／小亚细亚

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 亜細亜(アジア) (ajia)
* → Korean: 아세아(亞細亞) (asea)
* → Vietnamese: Á Tế Á (亞細亞)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 亞 | 細 | 亞 |
| あ Jinmeiyō (ateji) | じ Grade: 2 (ateji) | あ Jinmeiyō (ateji) |
| kan'on | irregular | kan'on |
For pronunciation and definitions of 亞細亞 – see the following entry. :
| 【亜細亜アジア】 | [proper noun] Dated spelling of アジア (Ajia, “Asia (a continent)”). |
| 【亜細亜アジヤ】 | [proper noun] Alternative spelling of アジヤ (Ajiya, “(obsolete) Asia (a continent)”) |
(This term, 亞細亞, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) :

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 亞 | 細 | 亞 |

### Noun

亞細亞 • (asea) (hangeul 아세아)
* hanja form of 아세아 (“Asia”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 亞 | 細 | 亞 |

### Noun

亞細亞
* chữ Hán form of Á Tế Á (“Asia”).