赛亚 (Sàiyà): Saiya / Saiyan (transliteration…

Meanings

1 Saiya / Saiyan (transliteration element)
2 component of names like 以赛亚 (Isaiah), 弥赛亚 (Messiah), and 赛亚人 (Saiyan, from Dragon Ball)

Characters

赛

sài

phonetic 'sai'; lit. competition

亚

yà

phonetic 'ya/iah'; lit. second

Examples

赛亚人是《龙珠》里的战斗民族。

Sàiyà rén shì 《Lóngzhū》 lǐ de zhàndòu mínzú.

The Saiyans are the warrior race in Dragon Ball.

“以赛亚”是圣经中的一位先知。

"Yǐsàiyà" shì Shèngjīng zhōng de yí wèi xiānzhī.

Isaiah is a prophet in the Bible.

Tips

culture

The two syllables 赛亚 are the productive 'Saya / Saiah / Saiya' chunk shared across very different name roots: 以赛亚 (Isaiah, Hebrew prophet), 弥赛亚 (Messiah), and 赛亚人 (Saiyan — the alien warrior race created by Akira Toriyama for the manga 《龙珠》 Dragon Ball). The standalone form 赛亚 most often refers to the Saiyans in modern pop-culture use.