亞當

See also: 亚当

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (亞當)		亞	當
simp. (亚当)		亚	当

Etymology

From Hebrew אָדָם (adam).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yàdāng, Yǎdāng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˋ ㄉㄤ, ㄧㄚˇ ㄉㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ dong¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Â-tông
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): a⁴ dorng¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): A-tong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yàdāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˋ ㄉㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yàdang
  - Wade–Giles: ya⁴-tang¹
  - Yale: yà-dāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yahdang
  - Palladius: ядан (jadan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yǎdāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ ㄉㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎdang
  - Wade–Giles: ya³-tang¹
  - Yale: yǎ-dāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeadang
  - Palladius: ядан (jadan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: aa³ dong¹
  - Yale: a dōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ dong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: a³ dong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ tɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Â-tông
  - Hakka Romanization System: a^ˊ dong^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: a¹ dong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /a²⁴⁻¹¹ toŋ²⁴/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: a⁴ dorng¹ [Phonetic: a¹ lorng¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: A̍-do̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /a⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(t-)lɒŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: a⁴ dorng¹ [Phonetic: a¹ lorng¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /a⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(t-)lɒŋ⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: A-tong
  - Tâi-lô: A-tong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: a'dofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ tɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔŋ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

亞當

(Christianity) Adam (the first man and the progenitor of the human race).
a transliteration of the English male given name and surname Adam

Synonyms

Terms for Adam in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	亞當
Roman Catholic	亞當
Eastern Orthodox	阿達穆

(the first man): 阿丹 (Ādān) (Islam)

References

Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Adam 亚当”, in 世界人名翻译大辞典 [Names of The Worlds Peoples: A comprehensive dictionary of names in Roman-Chinese] (in Chinese), Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 20.