福音

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Chinese[edit]

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

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]


Noun[edit]

福音

  1. (Christianity) gospel
    福音福音  ―  chuán fúyīn  ―  to spread the gospel
  2. (figurative) good news; good tidings

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Sino-Xenic (福音):

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
ふく
Grade: 3
いん
Grade: 1
kan’on
Alternative spelling
福音 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology[edit]

First attested in the early to mid-Meiji period.[1][2]

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 福音 (fúyīn), itself a calque of English gospel,[2] ultimately from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, literally good news).[2][3][4][5]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(ふく)(いん) (fukuin

  1. (Christianity) the Gospel, good news
  2. (by extension, figurative) a gospel, good news, good tidings
    まだ()きていると()うのは(まさ)(ふく)(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.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 福音”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, Encyclopedia Nipponica)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  4. ^ 福音”, in 世界大百科事典 第2版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition)[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
  5. ^ 福音”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia)[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014

Korean[edit]

Hanja in this term

Noun[edit]

福音 (bogeum) (hangeul 복음)

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

Vietnamese[edit]

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun[edit]

福音

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