厄娃

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (厄娃)		厄	娃

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Ē̆va, from Ancient Greek Εὔᾱ (Eúā), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה‎ (ḥawwā).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Èwá

(Zhuyin): ㄜˋ ㄨㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ak¹ waa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Èwá
  - Zhuyin: ㄜˋ ㄨㄚˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ehwa
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹ u̯ä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ak¹ waa¹
  - Yale: āk wā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ak⁷ waa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: eg¹ wa¹
  - IPA ^(key): /ɐk̚⁵ wäː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

厄娃

(Catholicism) Eve (the first woman and mother of the human race)

Synonyms

(Protestantism) 夏娃 (Xiàwá)
(Islam) 哈娃

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