猶太

See also: 犹太

Chinese

	phonetic
trad. (猶太)	猶	太
simp. (犹太)	犹	太
alternative forms	尤太

Etymology

Ultimately from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yehudá). Compare 猶大／犹大 (Yóudà). Possibly coined by German missionary Karl Gützlaff.

猶太人／犹太人 (yóutàirén) appears to be first attested in 1835 in Eastern Western Monthly Magazine.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yóutài

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ taai³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Yù-thai
Eastern Min (BUC): Iù-tái
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Iû-thài
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yeu-tha

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yóutài
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yóutài
  - Wade–Giles: Yu²-tʻai⁴
  - Yale: Yóu-tài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Youtay
  - Palladius: Ютай (Jutaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁴ taai³
  - Yale: yàuh taai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ taai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ tai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ tʰaːi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yù-thai
  - Hakka Romanization System: iu^ˇ tai
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yiu² tai⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯u¹¹ tʰai̯⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yù-thai
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu^ˇ tai
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yiu² tai⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u¹¹ tʰai̯⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Iù-tái
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ieu⁵³⁻²¹ ^(tʰ-)lɑi²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iû-thài
  - Tâi-lô: Iû-thài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iu'taix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴⁻²² tʰai²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iu²⁴⁻²² tʰai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³⁻²² tʰai²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰai¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³⁻³³ tʰai²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶yeu-tha
  - MiniDict: yeu^去 tha
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhieu-tha
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɤ²² tʰa⁴⁴/

Adjective

猶太

Jewish
- 1836, Karl Gützlaff, 正教安慰, volume 1, Singapore: 堅夏書院, page 2:
  
  當時猶太民，設瞻禮宴，守節期，名曰，逾越節。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  当时犹太民，设瞻礼宴，守节期，名曰，逾越节。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  Dāngshí Yóutài mín, shè zhānlǐ yàn, shǒu jiéqī, míng yuē, yúyuèjié. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

猶太人 / 犹太人 (yóutàirén)
猶太復國主義 / 犹太复国主义 (Yóutàifùguózhǔyì)
猶太教 / 犹太教 (Yóutàijiào)
猶太教堂 / 犹太教堂 (yóutài jiàotáng)
猶太教徒 / 犹太教徒
猶太教燈臺 / 犹太教灯台 (yóutàijiào dēngtái)
猶太會堂 / 犹太会堂 (yóutài huìtáng)
猶太法典 / 犹太法典
猶太聚會所 / 犹太聚会所
猶太自治州 / 犹太自治州 (Yóutài Zìzhìzhōu)

Proper noun

猶太

Judea

Synonyms

Terms for Judea in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	猶太
Roman Catholic	猶太

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (猶太):

→ Korean: 유태(猶太) (yutae)
→ Vietnamese: Do Thái (猶太)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
猶	太
ゆ Grade: S	たい > だや Grade: 2
goon	on'yomi

Etymology

This kanji spelling is an example of ateji (当て字), from Chinese 猶太 / 犹太 (Yóutài).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 猶太 – see the following entry.

【ユダヤ】

[proper noun] Judea

(This term, 猶太, is an alternative spelling (archaic) of the above term.)

References

“〈猶太〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja in this term
猶	太

Proper noun

猶太 • (Yutae) (hangeul 유태)

hanja form^? of 유태 (“Judea”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
猶	太

Adjective

猶太

chữ Hán form of Do Thái (“Judea, Jewish”)