磯法

Chinese

		rock jutting out of the water at the shore	law; method; way
trad. (磯法)		磯	法
simp. (矶法)		矶	法

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Ancient Greek Κηφᾶς (Kēphâs, “Cephas”), from Aramaic כֵּיפָא / Classical Syriac ܟܐܦܐ (kēp̄ā, “stone, rock”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jīfǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹ faat³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Kî-fap
• Northern Min (KCR): Gí-huă
• Eastern Min (BUC): Gĭ-*huák
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Ki-hoat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gi¹ huab⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jīfǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jifǎ
    • Wade–Giles: Chi¹-fa³
    • Yale: Jī-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jifaa
    • Palladius: Цзифа (Czifa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei¹ faat³
    • Yale: gēi faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi¹ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵ faːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kî-fap
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi^ˊ fab^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi¹ fab⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ki²⁴ fap̚²/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Gí-huă
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁵⁴ xua²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Gĭ-*huák
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁵⁵⁻⁵³ huɑʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ki-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: Ki-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki'hoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ huat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ huat̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gi¹ huab⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ki huap
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki³³⁻²³ huap̚²/

Proper noun

磯法

1. (Protestantism) Cephas (the apostle Peter)

Synonyms

Terms for Cephas in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	磯法
Roman Catholic	刻法