摩西

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (摩西)		摩	西
simp. ^#(摩西)		摩	西

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Móxī

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mo¹ sai¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Mô-sî
Eastern Min (BUC): Mò̤-să̤
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): mor² se¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Mô͘-se

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Móxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Mósi
  - Wade–Giles: Mo²-hsi¹
  - Yale: Mwó-syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Moshi
  - Palladius: Моси (Mosi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mo¹ sai¹
  - Yale: mō sāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mo¹ sai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mo¹ sei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Mô-sî
  - Hakka Romanization System: mo^ˊ xi^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mo¹ xi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /mo²⁴⁻¹¹ si²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Mò̤-să̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)lɛ⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: mor² se¹ [Phonetic: mor⁵ le¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Mó̤-sa̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɒ¹³⁻¹¹ ^(ɬ-)le⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: mor² se¹ [Phonetic: mor⁵ le¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɒ²⁴⁻²¹ ^(ɬ-)le⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Mô͘-se
  - Tâi-lô: Môo-se
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mosef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² se³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃²³⁻³³ se⁴⁴/

Proper noun

摩西

Moses (biblical character)
- 1813, “使徒行傳”, in Robert Morrison, transl., 耶穌基利士督我主救者新遺詔書, Acts 7:31–33, page 20:
  
  摩西見之駭愕近前看，有主聲曰：我乃爾列祖之神，亞百拉罕之神，以撒革之神，及牙可百之神，摩西乃顫懼弗敢觀。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  摩西见之骇愕近前看，有主声曰：我乃尔列祖之神，亚百拉罕之神，以撒革之神，及牙可百之神，摩西乃颤惧弗敢观。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  Móxī jiàn zhī hài'è jìnqián kàn, yǒu zhǔ shēng yuē: wǒ nǎi ěr lièzǔ zhī shén, Yàbǎilāhǎn zhī shén, Yǐsǎgé zhī shén, jí Yákěbǎi zhī shén, Móxī nǎi chànjù fú gǎn guān. [Pinyin]
  When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him, Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
a transliteration of the English male given name and surname Moses

Synonyms

Terms for Moses in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	摩西
Roman Catholic	梅瑟
Eastern Orthodox	摩伊息斯
Church of the East	牟世, 牟世法王

Derived terms

摩西五經 / 摩西五经 (Móxī Wǔjīng)

References

Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Moses 摩西”, in 世界人名翻译大辞典 [Names of The Worlds Peoples: A comprehensive dictionary of names in Roman-Chinese] (in Chinese), Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1932.