約翰

See also: 约翰

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (約翰)		約	翰
simp. (约翰)		约	翰

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Iōhannēs, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן‎ (Yōḥānān). [mid-19th century]

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yuēhàn

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄝㄏㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joek³ hon⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Yok-hon
Min Nan (POJ): Iok-hān / Ioh-hān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Yuēhàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄝㄏㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Iuehann
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yuehàn
  - IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵⁵ xän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: joek³ hon⁶
  - Yale: yeuk hohn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁸ hon⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêg³ hon⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jœ̽ːk̚³ hɔːn²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yok-hon
  - Hakka Romanization System: iog` hon
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yog⁵ hon⁴
  - IPA: /i̯ok̚² hon⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yok-hon
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iog` hon
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yog⁵ hon⁴
  - IPA: /(j)i̯ok̚² hon⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iok-hān / Ioh-hān
  - Tâi-lô: Iok-hān / Ioh-hān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iokhan, ioihhan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁴ han²²/, /io(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ han²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ han⁴¹/, /io(ʔ)⁵ han⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁵ han²²/, /io(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ han²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁴ han³³/, /io(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ han³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁴ han³³/, /iɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ han³³/

Proper noun

約翰

(Protestantism) John (biblical character)
John; Johann (various related male given names and surnames)

Synonyms

(obsolete) 曜輪／曜轮 [8th century]
(Catholic) 若望 (Ruòwàng, “John the Apostle”) [17th century], 若翰 (Ruòhàn, “John the Baptist”) [17th century]
(Orthodox) 伊鄂昂

Derived terms

約翰一書／约翰一书 (Yuēhàn Yīshū)
約翰三書／约翰三书 (Yuēhàn Sānshū)
約翰二書／约翰二书 (Yuēhàn Èrshū)

約翰福音／约翰福音 (Yuēhàn Fúyīn)
聖約翰／圣约翰 (Shèng Yuēhàn)

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