約納

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (約納)		約	納
simp. (约纳)		约	纳

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יוֹנָה (Yoná).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yuēnà

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝ ㄋㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joek³ naap⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Iok-la̍p

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yuēnà
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝ ㄋㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yuenà
    • Wade–Giles: Yüeh¹-na⁴
    • Yale: Ywē-nà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Iuenah
    • Palladius: Юэна (Juena)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵⁵ nä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joek³ naap⁶
    • Yale: yeuk naahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁸ naap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêg³ nab⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚³ naːp̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iok-la̍p
    • Tâi-lô: Iok-la̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioklap
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁴ lap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ lap̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁵ lap̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁴ lap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁴ lap̚⁴/

Proper noun

約納

1. (Catholicism) Jonah (prophet)
2. (Catholicism) Jonah (book of the Bible)

Synonyms

Terms for Jonah in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	約拿
Roman Catholic	約納

Terms for the book of Jonah in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Names	Abbreviations edit
Protestant	約拿書	拿
Roman Catholic	約納	納
Eastern Orthodox	約納書