夏娃

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (夏娃)		夏	娃

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה‎ (ḥawwā).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xiàwá

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ waa¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Ha-vâ
Min Nan (POJ): Hā-oa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Xiàwá
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨㄚˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiahwa
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ u̯ä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: haa⁶ waa¹
  - Yale: hah wā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ waa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ wa¹
  - IPA ^(key): /häː²² wäː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Ha-vâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: ha va´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ha⁴ va¹
  - IPA: /ha⁵⁵ va²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hā-oa
  - Tâi-lô: Hā-ua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: haxoaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ha²²⁻²¹ ua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ha³³⁻¹¹ ua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ha³³⁻²¹ ua⁴⁴/

Proper noun

夏娃

(Protestantism) Eve (the first woman and mother of the human race)
彼人共伊的某夏娃同房；夏娃就懷孕生該隱，講，我對耶和華庇佑得著囝。 [Min Nan, trad.]
彼人共伊的某夏娃同房；夏娃就怀孕生该隐，讲，我对耶和华庇佑得着囝。 [Min Nan, simp.]
From: 巴克禮譯本 (Barclay Amoy Romanized Bible), 創世記 (Genesis) 4:1
Hit-lâng kā i ê bó͘ Hā-oa tâng-pâng; Hā-oa chiū hoâi-īn siⁿ Kai-ún, kóng, Góa tùi Iâ-hô-hoa pì-iū tit-tio̍h kiáⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she [Eve] conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.

Synonyms

(Catholicism) 厄娃 (Èwá)
(Islam) 哈娃

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