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Firefly–Serenity Chinese Pinyinary
Chinese translations with standard Hanyu Pinyin romanization and Chinese characters for Firefly the TV series and Serenity the movie and comic books

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Ai1ya1!

Simplified/Traditional characters: 哎呀！
Back-translation of Mandarin: Damn!
Script Mandarin translation (phonetic for English speakers): Aiya!
Translated from script English: Damn!
Context: “Our Mrs. Reynolds,” Wash, upon noticing electrical interference

ai1ya

[interjection for shock, regret, or distress], Oh!, Oh my!, Ah!, Damn!

ai1: [interjection for surprise, regret, or distress], Oh!, Ah!
ya1: [interjection for surprise], Oh!, Ah!

Note:

The captions incorrectly have English Hey, uh-- on the region 1 DVD.

See also:

Ai1ya1! Huai4le5. (“Serenity, Part 1”)
Ai1ya1. Tian1 a5. (Serenity [movie])
Ai1ya1. Wo3men5 wan2le5. (“Serenity, Part 2”)

Ai1ya1! Huai4le5.

Simplified characters: 哎呀！坏了。 / Traditional characters: 哎呀！壞了。
Back-translation of Mandarin: [interjections for distress and bad news]
Script Mandarin translation (Hanyu Pinyin romanization): Aiya! Huaile. [phonetic for English speakers: Ai-yah! Hwai-luh.]
Translated from script English: Something's wrong.
Context: “Serenity, Part 1,” Wash, upon noticing alarm for Alliance cruiser’s sweep scan of them

ai1ya1

[interjection for shock, regret, or distress], Oh!, Oh my!, Ah!, Damn!

ai1: [interjection for surprise, regret, or distress], Oh!, Ah!
ya1: [interjection for surprise], Oh!, Ah!

huai4le5

[interjection for bad news]; [literally: ruined, destroyed]

huai4: to ruin, to destroy
le5: [completion marker]

Note:

Wash sounds like “Ai ya, hoo ah lay!” instead of “Ai-yah! Hwai-luh.”

See also:

Ai1ya1! (“Our Mrs. Reynolds”)
Ai1ya1. Tian1 a5. (Serenity [movie])
Ai1ya1. Wo3men5 wan2le5. (“Serenity, Part 2”)

Ai1ya1. Tian1 a5…

Simplified/Traditional characters: 哎呀。天啊……
Back-translation of Mandarin: Ah, oh God...
Script Mandarin translation (phonetic for English speakers): Ai-yah. Tyen-ah...
Translated from script English: Merciless hell...
Context: Serenity (movie), Wash, upon hearing of Reavers [also described in Serenity (novelization), p. 76]

ai1ya

[interjection for shock, regret, or distress], Oh!, Oh my!, Ah!, Damn!

ai1: [interjection for surprise, regret, or distress], Oh!, Ah!
ya1: [interjection for surprise], Oh!, Ah!

tian1 a5

[colloquial] Oh God!, Good heavens!, My lord!

tian1: heaven, God
a5: [marker of direct address of someone (vocative) or exclamation]

Notes:

The captions (region 1 DVD) completely omit this term.
Also: tian1 na5: 天哪 : [colloquial] Oh God!, Good heavens!, My lord!; tian1: heaven, God; na5 [variant of a5 啊 after syllable ending in -N]: [marker of direct address of someone (vocative) or exclamation]

See also:

Ai1ya1! (“Our Mrs. Reynolds”)
Ai1ya1! Huai4le5. (“Serenity, Part 1”)
Ai1ya1. Wo3men5 wan2le5. (“Serenity, Part 2”)
Lao3tian1, bu4. (“Safe”)
Lao3tian1ye2. (“Ariel”)
Tian1sha1 de5 e4mo2. (“Ariel”)
tian1 xiao3de2 (“Bushwhacked,” “Safe,” “The Message”)
Wo3 de5 tian1, a5. (“Bushwhacked”)

Ai1ya1. Wo3men5 wan2le5.

Simplified characters: 哎呀。我们完了。 / Traditional characters: 哎呀。我們完了。
Back-translation of Mandarin: Ah. We’re doomed.
Script Mandarin translation (Hanyu Pinyin romanization): Ai ya. Women wanle. [phonetic for English speakers: Ai-yah. Wuh-mun wan-luh.]
Translated from script English: We're in big trouble.
Context: “Serenity, Part 2,” Zoe, as Reaver ship approaches

ai1ya

[interjection for shock, regret, or distress], Oh!, Oh my!, Ah!, Damn!

ai1: [interjection for surprise, regret, or distress], Oh!, Ah!
ya1: [interjection for surprise], Oh!, Ah!

wo3men5

wo3: I
men5: [suffix for human plural words]

wan2le5

to be hopeless, doomed

wan2: to finish, to be over
le5: [completion marker]

See also:

Ai1ya1! (“Our Mrs. Reynolds”)
Ai1ya1! Huai4le5. (“Serenity, Part 1”)
Ai1ya1. Tian1 a5. (Serenity [movie])