夏娃

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (夏娃)		夏	娃
simp. #(夏娃)		夏	娃

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā), via a Southern Chinese dialect.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xiàwá

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ waa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Ha-vâ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hā-oa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xiàwá
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Siàwá
    • Wade–Giles: Hsia⁴-wa²
    • Yale: Syà-wá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiahwa
    • Palladius: Сява (Sjava)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ wä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ waa¹
    • Yale: hah wā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ waa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ wa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² waː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Ha-vâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: ha va´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ha⁴ va¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ha⁵⁵ va²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hā-oa
    • Tâi-lô: Hā-ua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haxoaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ha²²⁻²¹ ua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ha³³⁻¹¹ ua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ha³³⁻²¹ ua⁴⁴/

Proper noun

夏娃

1. (Protestantism) Eve (the first woman and mother of the human race)

   • 彼人共伊的某夏娃同房；夏娃就懷孕生該隱，講，我對耶和華庇佑得著囝。 [Hokkien, trad.]
     彼人共伊的某夏娃同房；夏娃就怀孕生该隐，讲，我对耶和华庇佑得着囝。 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 巴克禮譯本 (Barclay Amoy Romanized Bible), 創世記 (Genesis) 4:1

     Hit-lâng kā i ê bó͘ Hā-oa tâng-pâng; Hā-oa chiū hoâi-īn siⁿ Kai-ún, kóng, Góa tùi Iâ-hô-hoa pì-iū tit-tio̍h kiáⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she [Eve] conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.

Synonyms

Terms for Eve in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	夏娃
Roman Catholic	厄娃

• (Islam) 哈娃
• (Yinchuan Mandarin) 哈爾娃／哈尔娃, 好娃