嗎哪

See also: 吗哪

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (嗎哪)		嗎	哪
simp. (吗哪)		吗	哪

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎnǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄋㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ naa⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mâ-nâ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): má-ná

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎnǎ [Phonetic: mánǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄋㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎnǎ
    • Wade–Giles: ma³-na³
    • Yale: mǎ-nǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maanaa
    • Palladius: мана (mana)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ nä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁵ naa⁴
    • Yale: máh nàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ naa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ na⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ naː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mâ-nâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: ma^ˊ na^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ma¹ na¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ma²⁴⁻¹¹ na²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: má-ná
    • Tâi-lô: má-ná
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mafnar
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nã⁴¹/

Noun

嗎哪

1. (Protestantism) manna (food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus)
   • 2012, “神是我這生供應者”, in 蘇如紅 (lyrics), 何威廉 (music), 全是祢的‎^[1], performed by 香港基督徒音樂事工協會 [Hong Kong Association of Christian Music Ministry]:

     神應許嗎哪降在曠野 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     神应许吗哪降在旷野 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     san⁴ jing¹ heoi² maa⁵ naa⁴ gong³ zoi⁶ kwong³ je⁵ [Jyutping]

     God promised manna will fall in the wilderness

Synonyms

Terms for manna in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	嗎哪
Roman Catholic	瑪納