約書亞

See also: 约书亚

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (約書亞)		約	書	亞
simp. (约书亚)		约	书	亚

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yuēshūyà, Yuēshūyǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝ ㄕㄨ ㄧㄚˋ, ㄩㄝ ㄕㄨ ㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joek³ syu¹ aa³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Yok-sû-â
• Eastern Min (BUC): Iók-cṳ̆-ā
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Iok-su-a

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yuēshūyà
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝ ㄕㄨ ㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yueshuyà
    • Wade–Giles: Yüeh¹-shu¹-ya⁴
    • Yale: Ywē-shū-yà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Iueshuyah
    • Palladius: Юэшуя (Juešuja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵⁵ ʂu⁵⁵ jä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yuēshūyǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝ ㄕㄨ ㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yueshuyǎ
    • Wade–Giles: Yüeh¹-shu¹-ya³
    • Yale: Ywē-shū-yǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Iueshuyea
    • Palladius: Юэшуя (Juešuja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵⁵ ʂu⁵⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joek³ syu¹ aa³
    • Yale: yeuk syū a
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁸ sy¹ aa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêg³ xu¹ a³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚³ syː⁵⁵ aː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yok-sû-â
    • Hakka Romanization System: iog` su´ a´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yog<sup>5</sup> su<sup>1</sup> a<sup>1</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯ok̚² su²⁴⁻¹¹ a²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yok-sû-â
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iog` su´ a´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yog⁵ su¹ a¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯ok̚² su²⁴⁻¹¹ a²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Iók-cṳ̆-ā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yoʔ²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sy⁵⁵⁻⁵³ a³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iok-su-a
    • Tâi-lô: Iok-su-a
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioksu'af
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁴ su⁴⁴⁻²² a⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ su³³ a³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁵ su⁴⁴⁻²² a⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁴ su⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁴ su⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴⁴/

Proper noun

約書亞

1. (Protestantism) Joshua

Synonyms

Terms for Joshua in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	約書亞
Roman Catholic	若蘇厄

Derived terms

• 約書亞記／约书亚记 (Yuēshūyàjì)