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嗎哪

嗎哪

See also: 吗哪

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (嗎哪)		嗎	哪
simp. (吗哪)		吗	哪

Noun

嗎哪

manna, food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μάννα ‎(mánna).

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): mǎnǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄋㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ naa⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mâ-nâ
Min Nan (POJ): mô͘-ná

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: mǎnǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄋㄚˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maanaa
  - IPA ^(key): /ma̠²¹⁴⁻³⁵ na̠²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maa⁵ naa⁴
  - Yale: máh nàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ naa⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /mɑː¹³ nɑː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mâ-nâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: ma´ na´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ma¹ na¹
  - IPA: /ma²⁴⁻¹¹ na²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-ná
  - Tâi-lô: môo-ná
  - Phofsit Daibuun: monar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ²⁴⁻²² na⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ²⁴⁻²² na⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ¹³⁻²² na⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ na⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ²³⁻³³ na⁴¹/