亞聖

Chinese

		second; inferior; Asia	holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage
trad. (亞聖)		亞	聖
simp. (亚圣)		亚	圣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàshèng, yǎshèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˋ ㄕㄥˋ, ㄧㄚˇ ㄕㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ sing³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): á-sṳn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàshèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˋ ㄕㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàshèng
    • Wade–Giles: ya⁴-shêng⁴
    • Yale: yà-shèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yahshenq
    • Palladius: яшэн (jašɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎshèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ ㄕㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎshèng
    • Wade–Giles: ya³-shêng⁴
    • Yale: yǎ-shèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeashenq
    • Palladius: яшэн (jašɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ sing³
    • Yale: a sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ sɪŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: á-sṳn
    • Hakka Romanization System: a` siin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: a³ sin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /a³¹ sɨn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'aeH syengH

Rime
Character	亞	聖
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	衣嫁切	式正切
Baxter	'aeH	syengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠaH/	/ɕiᴇŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚaH/	/ɕiɛŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔaH/	/ɕiæŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨH/	/ɕiajŋH/
Li Rong	/ʔaH/	/ɕiɛŋH/
Wang Li	/aH/	/ɕĭɛŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔaH/	/ɕi̯ɛŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yà	shèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	aa3	sing3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔˤrak-s  l̥eŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qraːɡs  hljeŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	亞	聖
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yà	shèng
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔæH ›	‹ syengH ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔˁrak-s/	/*l̥eŋ-s/
English	secondary	sage (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	亞	聖
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	14212	11391
Phonetic component	亞	聖
Rime group	暮	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	亞	聖
Old Chinese	/*qraːɡs/	/*hljeŋs/
Notes		甲金文象人張耳對口會耳聰意， 非呈聲

Adjective

亞聖

1. second in morality, ability and wisdom to a sage

Noun

亞聖

1. someone who is second in morality, ability and wisdom to a sage
2. someone who is second in skill to a previous expert

Proper noun

亞聖

1. (honorific) “Second Sage”; Mencius

See also

• 聖人／圣人 (shèngrén)