巴拿巴

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (巴拿巴)		巴	拿	巴

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βαρναβᾶς (Barnabâs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bānábā

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄋㄚˊ ㄅㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ naa⁴ baa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Pâ-nâ-pâ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bānábā
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄋㄚˊ ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Banába
    • Wade–Giles: Pa¹-na²-pa¹
    • Yale: Bā-ná-bā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Banaba
    • Palladius: Банаба (Banaba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ nä³⁵ pä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa¹ naa⁴ baa¹
    • Yale: bā nàh bā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ naa⁴ baa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ na⁴ ba¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː⁵⁵ naː²¹ paː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Pâ-nâ-pâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: ba^ˊ na^ˊ ba^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ba¹ na¹ ba¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pa²⁴⁻¹¹ na²⁴⁻¹¹ pa²⁴/

Proper noun

巴拿巴

1. (Protestantism) Barnabas

Synonyms

Terms for Barnabas in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	巴拿巴
Roman Catholic	巴爾納伯
Eastern Orthodox	瓦爾納瓦