約翰

See also: 约翰

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (約翰)		約	翰
simp. (约翰)		约	翰

Etymology

From Latin Iōhannēs, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān). [mid-19th century]

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yuēhàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝ ㄏㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joek³ hon⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Yok-hon
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Iok-hān / Ioh-hān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yuēhàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝ ㄏㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yuehàn
    • Wade–Giles: Yüeh¹-han⁴
    • Yale: Ywē-hàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Iuehann
    • Palladius: Юэхань (Juexanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵⁵ xän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joek³ hon⁶
    • Yale: yeuk hohn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁸ hon⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêg³ hon⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚³ hɔːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yok-hon
    • Hakka Romanization System: iog` hon
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yog<sup>5</sup> hon<sup>4</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯ok̚² hon⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yok-hon
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iog` hon
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yog⁵ hon⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯ok̚² hon⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iok-hān / Ioh-hān
    • Tâi-lô: Iok-hān / Ioh-hān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iokhan, ioihhan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁴ han²²/, /io(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ han²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ han⁴¹/, /io(ʔ)⁵ han⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁵ han²²/, /io(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ han²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁴ han³³/, /io(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ han³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁴ han³³/, /iɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ han³³/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 約翰

1. (Protestantism) John (biblical character)
2. John; Johann (various related male given names and surnames)

Synonyms

• (obsolete) 曜輪／曜轮 (Yàolún) [8th century]
• (Catholic) 若望 (Ruòwàng, “John the Apostle”) [17th century], 若翰 (Ruòhàn, “John the Baptist”) [17th century]
• (Orthodox) 伊鄂昂

Derived terms

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