吾珥

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (吾珥)		吾	珥
simp. #(吾珥)		吾	珥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wú'ěr

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄦˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁴ ji⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Ǹg-ngí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wú'ěr
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄦˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wú-ěr
    • Wade–Giles: Wu²-êrh³
    • Yale: Wú-ěr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wueel
    • Palladius: Уэр (Uer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁴ ji⁵
    • Yale: ǹgh yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁴ ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁴ yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍²¹ jiː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Ǹg-ngí
    • Hakka Romanization System: ng^ˇ ngi^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ng² ngi³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍¹¹ ŋi³¹/

Proper noun

吾珥

1. (Protestantism) Ur (an ancient Sumerian city in Mesopotamia)
   • 1919, 《新舊約全書：官話和合譯本》 [Mandarin Bible, Union Version], Shanghai: American Bible Society, 創世記 [Genesis] 11:28:

     哈蘭死在他的本地迦勒底的吾珥、在他父親他拉之先。 [MSC, trad.]
     哈兰死在他的本地迦勒底的吾珥、在他父亲他拉之先。 [MSC, simp.]

     Hālán sǐ zài tā de běndì Jiālèdǐ de Wú'ěr, zài tā fùqīn Tālā zhī xiān. [Pinyin]

     Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees, while his father Terah was still alive. [World English Bible]

   • 2009, 盧永亨 (lyrics and music), “因著信”, in 振翅翱翔, performed by 角聲使團 [The Heralders]:

     憑信，他離別吾珥；因信，全然奉上愛子 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     凭信，他离别吾珥；因信，全然奉上爱子 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     pang⁴ seon³, taa¹ lei⁴ bit⁶ ng⁴ ji⁵; jan¹ seon³, cyun⁴ jin⁴ fung⁶ soeng⁵ oi³ zi² [Jyutping]

     By faith, he left Ur; because of faith, he wholeheartedly offered his beloved son

Synonyms

Terms for Ur in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	吾珥
Roman Catholic	烏爾