亞當

See also: 亚当

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (亞當)		亞	當
simp. (亚当)		亚	当

Etymology

From Hebrew אָדָם (adam).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yàdāng, Yǎdāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˋ ㄉㄤ, ㄧㄚˇ ㄉㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ dong¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Â-tông
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): A-tong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yàdāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˋ ㄉㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàdang
    • Wade–Giles: ya⁴-tang¹
    • Yale: yà-dāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yahdang
    • Palladius: ядан (jadan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yǎdāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ ㄉㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎdang
    • Wade–Giles: ya³-tang¹
    • Yale: yǎ-dāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeadang
    • Palladius: ядан (jadan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ dong¹
    • Yale: a dōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ dong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ dong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ tɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Â-tông
    • Hakka Romanization System: a´ dong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: a¹ dong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /a²⁴⁻¹¹ toŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: A-tong
    • Tâi-lô: A-tong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: a'dofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔŋ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

亞當

1. (Christianity) Adam (the first man and the progenitor of the human race).
2. A transliteration of the English male given name and surname Adam

Synonyms

Terms for Adam in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	亞當
Roman Catholic	亞當
Eastern Orthodox	阿達穆

• (the first man): 阿丹 (Ādān) (Islam)

References

• Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Adam 亚当”, in 世界人名翻译大辞典 [Names of The Worlds Peoples: A comprehensive dictionary of names in Roman-Chinese] (in Chinese), Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 20.