麥西

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (麥西)		麥	西
simp. (麦西)		麦	西

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew מצרים (mitsráyim); attested as early as 1835, in the Eastern Western Monthly Magazine.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Màixī

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄒㄧ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Màixī
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Màisi
  - Wade–Giles: Mai⁴-hsi¹
  - Yale: Mài-syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mayshi
  - Palladius: Майси (Majsi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/

Proper noun

麥西

(obsolete) Egypt
- 1837 五月, “以色列民出麥西國”, in 東西洋考每月統記傳 [Eastern Western Monthly Magazine], page 4:
  
  蓋以色列民初到，人共七十口，麥西王賜之以地業，居住養牲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  盖以色列民初到，人共七十口，麦西王赐之以地业，居住养牲。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  Gài Yǐsèliè mín chū dào, rén gòng qīshí kǒu, Màixī wáng cì zhī yǐ dìyè, jūzhù yǎng shēng. [Pinyin]
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- 1848, 徐繼畬 [Xu Jiyu], editor, 瀛寰志略, volume 3, page 37:
  
  會亞勒散得卒於軍，希臘兵乃散走，亞細亞麥西諸地俱為希臘諸將所分割。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  会亚勒散得卒于军，希腊兵乃散走，亚细亚麦西诸地俱为希腊诸将所分割。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  Huì Yàlèsàndé zú yú jūn, Xīlà bīng nǎi sànzǒu, Yàxìyà Màixī zhū dì jù wéi Xīlà zhū jiàng suǒ fēngē. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(religion) Mizraim (one of the sons of Ham according to the Bible)

Synonyms

埃及 (Āijí)