美狄亞

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (美狄亞)		美	狄	亞
simp. (美狄亚)		美	狄	亚
Literally: “beautiful / barbarian / inferior”.

Etymology

From English Medea, ultimately from Ancient Greek Μήδεια (Mḗdeia).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Měidíyà

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄉㄧˊ ㄧㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ dik⁶ aa³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Měidíyà
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄉㄧˊ ㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Měidíyà
  - Wade–Giles: Mei³-ti²-ya⁴
  - Yale: Měi-dí-yà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Meeidyiyah
  - Palladius: Мэйдия (Mɛjdija)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti³⁵ jä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ dik⁶ aa³
  - Yale: méih dihk a
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ dik⁹ aa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ dig⁶ a³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ tɪk̚² aː³³/

Proper noun

美狄亞

(Greek mythology) Medea

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