哈利路亞

See also: 哈利路亚

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (哈利路亞)		哈	利	路	亞
simp. (哈利路亚)		哈	利	路	亚

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (“Praise Jah!”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hālìlùyà, hālìlùyǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄚ ㄌㄧˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄧㄚˋ, ㄏㄚ ㄌㄧˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa¹ lei¹ lu¹ jaa⁴ / haa¹ li¹ lu¹ jaa⁴ / haa¹ lei⁶ lou⁶ aa³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hâ-li-lu-yá
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): a-lī-lū-iâ / ha-lé-lú-iah / ha-le-lu-iah / ha-lé-lu-iah / ha-le-lú-iah / ha-le-lu-ia

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hālìlùyà
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄚ ㄌㄧˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: halìlùyà
    • Wade–Giles: ha¹-li⁴-lu⁴-ya⁴
    • Yale: hā-lì-lù-yà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: halihluhyah
    • Palladius: халилуя (xaliluja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xä⁵⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹⁻⁵³ jä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hālìlùyǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄚ ㄌㄧˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: halìlùyǎ
    • Wade–Giles: ha¹-li⁴-lu⁴-ya³
    • Yale: hā-lì-lù-yǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: halihluhyea
    • Palladius: халилуя (xaliluja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xä⁵⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa¹ lei¹ lu¹ jaa⁴ / haa¹ li¹ lu¹ jaa⁴ / haa¹ lei⁶ lou⁶ aa³
    • Yale: hā lēi lū yàh / hā lī lū yàh / hā leih louh a
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa¹ lei¹ lu¹ jaa⁴ / haa¹ li¹ lu¹ jaa⁴ / haa¹ lei⁶ lou⁶ aa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha¹ léi¹ lu¹ ya⁴ / ha¹ li¹ lu¹ ya⁴ / ha¹ léi⁶ lou⁶ a³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː⁵⁵ lei̯⁵⁵ luː⁵⁵ jaː²¹/, /haː⁵⁵ liː⁵⁵ luː⁵⁵ jaː²¹/, /haː⁵⁵ lei̯²² lou̯²² aː³³/

Note: haa1 lei6 lou6 aa3 - rare.

• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hâ-li-lu-yá
    • Hakka Romanization System: ha^ˊ li lu ia^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ha¹ li⁴ lu⁴ ya³
    • Sinological IPA: /ha²⁴⁻¹¹ li⁵⁵ lu⁵⁵ i̯a³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hâ-li-lu-yá
    • Hakka Romanization System: ha^ˊ li lu (r)ia^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ha¹ li⁴ lu⁴ ya³
    • Sinological IPA: /ha²⁴⁻¹¹ li⁵⁵ lu⁵⁵ (j)i̯a³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-lī-lū-iâ
    • Tâi-lô: a-lī-lū-iâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: alixluxiaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² li²²⁻²¹ lu²²⁻²¹ ia²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha-lé-lú-iah
    • Tâi-lô: ha-lé-lú-iah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haleflwiaq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ha⁴⁴⁻³³ le⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ha⁴⁴⁻³³ le⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iaʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha-le-lu-iah
    • Tâi-lô: ha-le-lu-iah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: halelu'iaq
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ha⁴⁴⁻³³ le⁴⁴⁻³³ lu⁴⁴⁻³³ iaʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha-lé-lu-iah
    • Tâi-lô: ha-lé-lu-iah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haleflu'iaq
    • IPA (Taipei): /ha⁴⁴⁻³³ le⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lu⁴⁴⁻³³ iaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ha⁴⁴⁻³³ le⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lu⁴⁴⁻³³ iaʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha-le-lú-iah
    • Tâi-lô: ha-le-lú-iah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: halelwiaq
    • IPA (Taipei): /ha⁴⁴⁻³³ le⁴⁴⁻³³ lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ha⁴⁴⁻³³ le⁴⁴⁻³³ lu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iaʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha-le-lu-ia
    • Tâi-lô: ha-le-lu-ia
    • Phofsit Daibuun: halelu'iaf
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ha⁴⁴⁻³³ le⁴⁴⁻³³ lu⁴⁴⁻³³ ia⁴⁴/

Interjection

哈利路亞

1. (Protestantism) hallelujah (exclamation to praise God)

Synonyms

Terms for hallelujah in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	哈利路亞
Roman Catholic	阿肋路亞

Descendants

• → Lisu: ꓧ-ꓡꓲ-ꓡꓴ-ꓬ (xɑ-li-lu-jɑ)