阿訇

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (阿訇)		阿	訇
alternative forms		阿衡 阿轟／阿轰 阿洪 哈訇 阿吽

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian آخوند (âxund, âxond).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): āhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄏㄨㄥ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ахун (ahun, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ gwang¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): a-hong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄏㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ahong
    • Wade–Giles: a¹-hung¹
    • Yale: ā-hūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ahong
    • Palladius: ахун (axun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ xʊŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ахун (ahun, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /a²⁴ xuŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ gwang¹
    • Yale: a gwāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ gwang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ gueng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ kʷɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-hong
    • Tâi-lô: a-hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: a'hofng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ hɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

阿訇

1. (Islam) imam; mullah; akhund

Usage notes

Used mostly by the Hui people in China or Dungan people in Central Asia.

Synonyms

• 伊瑪目／伊玛目 (yīmǎmù)
• 教長／教长 (jiāozhǎng)

Derived terms

• 二阿訇