Marian devotion
Prayer to the Virgin Mary in Mandarin Chinese
Full text, pinyin pronunciation and literal translation
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The Mandarin Chinese ( pültyanghuà) is the official language of the People's Republic of China, Taiwan and Singapore, and the first language of some 920 million people. Since the first Dominican and Jesuit missionaries arrived in China in the 16th century, the great Marian prayers have been translated into Chinese, adapted to their sounds and transmitted from generation to generation. This page brings together the most important Marian prayers with its full Chinese text, its translation into pinyin and a literal translation into Spanish.
1. The Hail Mary in Mandarin Chinese -
The Hail Mary is Marian prayer par excellence. In Mandarin Chinese it is known as Hail Mary. (What are you doing?), literalmente «La de la plena felicidad, María». La partícula Whack. (万福) significa literalmente «diez mil bendiciones» o «plena felicidad» y es la traducción tradicional del saludo angélico Ave / Chaire.
Basic Pinyin pronunciation guide for Spanish speakers
x — como la «sh» inglesa, pero más suave. Yes. = «shen-tsai».
zh — como la «j» inglesa en «judge». Zhǔ = «Chu» con «j» suave.
q — como «ch» con la lengua más adelante. Qíqiú = «chi-chiou».
r — sonido intermedio entre la «r» y la «zh» inglesa. Sin equivalente directo en español.
ü / u after j, q, x, and — como la «ü» francesa o alemana.
Tons: The mandarin has four tones plus a neutral tone. The same syllable with different tone has completely different meaning. For a correct pronunciation it is recommended to hear recordings of native speakers.
2. The Our Father in Mandarin Chinese -
Our Father is called in Catholic Chinese ♪ The Quran ♪ (Tianjin), «la oración / escritura del Señor del Cielo». La denominación Tel. («Señor del Cielo») es el nombre tradicional para Dios en el catolicismo chino, adoptado por los jesuitas del siglo XVII en lugar del término budista Fó o del confuciano Row.
3. The Hail in Mandarin Chinese -
La Salve Regina —»Dios te salve, Reina»— se denomina en chino Mother of God. (I love you.), «Salve, Madre Reina». Es la oración con que se concluye habitualmente el rosario.
4. The rosary in mandarin: how it is prayed -
The rosary is called in Chinese Rose Passion (méigui jeng), literalmente «la escritura / oración de la rosa». La palabra méguy (-) designates the rose in modern Chinese; the link with the rose is the same as in Latin (rosarium) and in all the languages of the West. The Spanish Dominicans of the Province of the Most Holy Rosary established this devotion in China since the 17th century.
Structure of the rosary in mandarin:
- Signal of the Cross - The Holy Bible.What are you doing?): «因父及子及圣神之名，阿们。» (Yīn Fù jí Zǐ jí Shèng Shén zhī míng, Āmen.)
- Credo - Letters (What are you doing?)
- Our Father — 天 MasterTianjin)
- Three Hail Maries - Three times.Side biàn shèngmě jing)
- Gloria - Glorious BookGujīng): «愿光荣归于父、及子、及圣神，起初如何，今日亦然，直到永远，世世无终。阿们。»
- Announcement of the mystery - followed by a Our Father, ten Hail Maries and a Glory.
- Final Hail - Mother of God.I love you.)
The four groups of mysteries in Chinese
| Chinese name | Pilin | Translation | Day |
|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Five. | Xǐlè wǔduān | The five joyful mysteries | Monday and Saturday |
| Painful five ends. | _ | The five painful mysteries | Tuesday and Friday |
| Wink Five. | Ráfú wüdduān | The five glorious mysteries | Wednesday and Sunday |
| Light Five. | Gungming wterduān | The five luminous mysteries | Thursday |
5. Marian jaculatorias in Chinese
Las aculatorias - short prayers that are often repeated throughout the day - were especially important for Chinese clandestine Catholics, who could not open a prayer book in public places but could murmur a short sentence. These are the most used in the communities of the clandestine Church:
6. The consecration to the Virgin of China
In 1924, the Catholic bishops of China gathered in the Shanghai Council consagraron China a la Virgen bajo el título de «Nuestra Señora de China, Reina Celestial del Pueblo Chino». Esta consagración, que se renueva en las diócesis chinas y en las comunidades de la diáspora, se expresa en la siguiente oración, usada especialmente en las diócesis de Taiwan:
7. The Immaculate Heart of Mary in Chinese
La devoción al Sacred Heart of Mary - called in Chinese The Holy Virgin has not defiled the Holy Heart. (It's gonna be okay.), literalmente «el Corazón Puro e Inmaculado de la Santa Madre»— está profundamente arraigada en las comunidades católicas chinas, especialmente desde la difusión de las apariciones de Fátima (1917) y la consagración del mundo al Inmaculado Corazón de María realizada por el Papa Pío XII en 1942.
During the years of communist persecution, the image of the Immaculate Heart of Mary - an image of the Virgin with a flamboyant heart in her chest, surrounded by white roses - secretly circulated among the communities of the underground Church, imported from Hong Kong and Taiwan. For many Chinese Catholics, along with the image of Our Lady of Fatima, was the most popular Marian icon of the 20th century.
«Cuando me quitaron el rosario, me quedaron los dedos. Cuando me quitaron los dedos de la memoria, me quedó el nombre de María. Y con ese nombre bastaba.»
Testimony attributed to a priest of the clandestine Church of Hebei, quoted in Catholic press. Not documented with specific name and date.
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