約拿

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (約拿)		約	拿
simp. (约拿)		约	拿

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יוֹנָה (Yoná).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yuēná

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝ ㄋㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joek³ naa⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Yok-nâ
• Eastern Min (BUC): Iók-nā
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Iok-ná

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yuēná
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝ ㄋㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yuená
    • Wade–Giles: Yüeh¹-na²
    • Yale: Ywē-ná
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Iuena
    • Palladius: Юэна (Juena)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵⁵ nä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joek³ naa⁴
    • Yale: yeuk nàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁸ naa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêg³ na⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚³ naː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yok-nâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: iog` na´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yog<sup>5</sup> na<sup>1</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯ok̚² na²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yok-nâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iog` na´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yog⁵ na¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯ok̚² na²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Iók-nā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yoʔ²⁴⁻³⁵ nˡa³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iok-ná
    • Tâi-lô: Iok-ná
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioknar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁴ nã⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ nã⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁵ nã⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁴ nã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁴ nã⁴¹/

Proper noun

約拿

1. (Protestantism) Jonah

Synonyms

Terms for Jonah in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	約拿
Roman Catholic	約納

Derived terms

• 約拿書／约拿书 (Yuēnáshū)