福音

Chinese

		good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname	sound; noise; news
simp. and trad. (福音)		福	音

Etymology

Calque of English gospel, ultimately from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, literally “good news”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fúyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk¹ jam¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fuk-yîm
• Northern Min (KCR): hŭ-éng
• Eastern Min (BUC): hók-ĭng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hok-im

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fúyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fúyin
    • Wade–Giles: fu²-yin¹
    • Yale: fú-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwuin
    • Palladius: фуинь (fuinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fuk¹ jam¹
    • Yale: fūk yām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁷ jam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fug¹ yem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚⁵ jɐm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fuk-yîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: fug` im´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fug<sup>5</sup> yim<sup>1</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /fuk̚² im²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fuk-yîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: fug` (r)im´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fug⁵ yim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fuk̚² (j)im²⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hŭ-éng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²⁴ eiŋ⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hók-ĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huʔ²⁴⁻²¹ iŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hok-im
    • Tâi-lô: hok-im
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hok'ym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ im⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ im³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁵ im⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ im⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ im⁴⁴/

Noun

福音

1. (Christianity) gospel

   傳福音／传福音  ―  chuán fúyīn  ―  to spread the gospel

2. (figurative) good news; good tidings

Derived terms

• 共觀福音／共观福音 (Gòngguān Fúyīn)
• 同觀福音／同观福音 (Tóngguān Fúyīn)
• 多馬福音／多马福音 (Duōmǎ Fúyīn)
• 多默福音 (Duōmò Fúyīn)
• 對觀福音／对观福音 (Duìguān Fúyīn)
• 猶大福音／犹大福音 (Yóudà Fúyīn)
• 瑪竇福音／玛窦福音 (Mǎdòu Fúyīn)
• 福音主義／福音主义 (fúyīn zhǔyì)
• 福音書／福音书 (fúyīnshū)
• 福音派 (fúyīnpài)
• 福音音樂／福音音乐
• 符類福音／符类福音 (Fúlèi Fúyīn)
• 約翰福音／约翰福音 (Yuēhàn Fúyīn)
• 若望福音 (Ruòwàng Fúyīn)
• 路加福音 (Lùjiā Fúyīn)
• 馬可福音／马可福音 (Mǎkě Fúyīn)
• 馬太福音／马太福音 (Mǎtài Fúyīn)
• 馬爾谷福音／马尔谷福音 (Mǎ'ěrgǔ Fúyīn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (福音):

• → Japanese: 福(ふく)音(いん) (fukuin)
• → Korean: 복음(福音) (bogeum)
• → Vietnamese: phúc âm (福音)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
福	音
ふく Grade: 3	いん Grade: 1
kan’on

Alternative spelling
福音 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

First attested in the early to mid-Meiji period.

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 福音 (fúyīn), itself a calque of English gospel, ultimately from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, literally “good news”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふくいん [fùkúíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝĩɴ]

Noun

福(ふく)音(いん) • (fukuin) 

1. (Christianity) the Gospel, good news
2. (by extension, figurative) a gospel, good news, good tidings

   まだ生(い)きていると言(い)うのは正(まさ)に福(ふく)音(いん)だったのよ。

   Mada ikite iru to iu no wa masa ni fukuin datta no yo.

   It was truly good news to hear that she's still alive.

Derived terms

• 福(ふく)音(いん)教(きょう)会(かい) (Fukuin Kyōkai, “Evangelical Church”)
• 福(ふく)音(いん)主(しゅ)義(ぎ) (fukuin shugi)
• 福(ふく)音(いん)書(しょ) (fukuin-sho)

See also

• 伝(でん)道(どう)師(し) (dendōshi, “missionary, evangelist”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
福	音

Noun

福音 • (bogeum) (hangeul 복음)

1. Hanja form^? of 복음 (“gospel, good news”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
福	音

Noun

福音

1. chữ Hán form of phúc âm (“gospel, good news”).