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耶和華

耶和華

See also: 耶和华

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (耶和華)		耶	和	華
simp. (耶和华)		耶	和	华

Proper noun

耶和華

Tetragrammaton; Jehovah; Yahweh

Synonyms

雅威 (“Yahweh”)

Etymology

Borrowing from English Jehovah, from Biblical Hebrew יהוה.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Yēhéhuá

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄝㄏㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁴ wo⁴ waa⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Yâ-fò-fà
Min Nan (POJ): Iâ-hô-hoa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Yēhéhuá
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄝㄏㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄚˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ieherhwa
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛ⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵ xu̯a̠³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: je⁴ wo⁴ waa⁴
  - Yale: yèh wòh wàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: je⁴ wo⁴ waa⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jɛː²¹ wɔː²¹ wɑː²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yâ-fò-fà
  - Hakka Romanization System: ia´ foˇ faˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ya¹ fo² fa²
  - IPA: /i̯a²⁴ fo¹¹ fa¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yâ-fò-fà
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)ia´ foˇ faˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ya¹ fo² fa²
  - IPA: /(j)i̯a²⁴ fo¹¹ fa¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iâ-hô-hoa
  - Tâi-lô: Iâ-hô-hua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ia'hoi'hoaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ia²⁴⁻²² hɤ²⁴⁻²² hua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ia²⁴⁻²² hɤ²⁴⁻²² hua³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ia¹³⁻²² hɤ¹³⁻²² hua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ia²⁴⁻¹¹ ho²⁴⁻¹¹ hua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia²³⁻³³ hɤ²³⁻³³ hua⁴⁴/