以赛亚

以賽亞

Yǐsàiyà

proper noun

Meanings

1 Isaiah, Hebrew prophet of the Old Testament
2 Isaiah (male given name)

依撒依亚 Yīsāyīyà Isaiah · religious figure

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

以赛亚是《旧约》里的先知。

Yǐsàiyà shì 《 Jiùyuē 》 lǐ de xiānzhī.

Isaiah is a prophet in the Old Testament.

HSK 7-9

基督徒认为，以赛亚预言了耶稣的降生。

Jīdūtú rènwéi, Yǐsàiyà yùyán le Yēsū de jiàngshēng.

Christians believe that Isaiah foretold the birth of Jesus.

Tips

usage

The Book of Isaiah is 《以赛亚书》 in the Protestant 和合本; Catholic Bibles write the prophet 依撒依亚. As a modern given name the Protestant form is used, as for the philosopher 以赛亚·伯林 (Isaiah Berlin).

memory

赛亚 is the same chunk as in 弥赛亚 (Messiah), whose coming Isaiah is read as foretelling.

Stroke Order

以 yǐ

赛 sài

亚 Yà