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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fúyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk¹ jam¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fuk-yîm
• 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^ˋ im^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fug⁵ yim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fuk̚² im²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fuk-yîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: fug^ˋ (r)im^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fug⁵ yim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fuk̚² (j)im²⁴/
• 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

(deprecated template usage) 福音

1. (Christianity) gospel

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

2. (figurative) good news; good tidings

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
福	音
ふく Grade: 3	いん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
福音 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Probably from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese compound 福音 (pjuwk ʔim, literally “happiness + sound”).

Noun

福(ふく)音(いん) • (fukuin) 

1. gospel, good news

   まだ生(い)きていると言(い)うのは正(まさ)に福音(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.

2. (religion, Christianity) the Gospel, good news (the message of Jesus concerning the salvation of the faithful)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 福音教会(ふくいんきょうかい) (fukuin kyōkai): the Evangelical Church
• 福音主義(ふくいんしゅぎ) (fukuinshugi): evangelism
• 福音書(ふくいんしょ) (fukuinsho): evangel, the Gospels of the New Testament

See also

• 伝道師(でんどうし) (dendōshi): missionary, evangelist

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Korean

Hanja in this term
福	音

Noun

福音 • (bogeum) (hangeul 복음)

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

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
福	音

Noun

福音

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