阿訇

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (阿訇)		阿	訇
variant forms		阿衡阿轟／阿轰阿洪哈訇阿吽

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (âxund, âxond).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): āhōng

(Zhuyin): ㄚㄏㄨㄥ

(Dungan, Cyrillic): ахун (ahun, I-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ gwang¹
Min Nan (POJ): a-hong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: āhōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄚㄏㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ahong
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ xʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic: ахун (ahun, I-I)
  - IPA ^(key): /aː²⁴ xuŋ²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: aa³ gwang¹
  - Yale: a gwāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ gwang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: a³ gueng¹
  - IPA ^(key): /äː³³ kʷɐŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-hong
  - Tâi-lô: a-hong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: a'hofng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ hɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

阿訇

(Islam) imam; mullah; akhund

Usage notes

Used mostly by the Hui people in China or Dungan people in Central Asia.

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