吾珥

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (吾珥)		吾	珥
simp. ^#(吾珥)		吾	珥

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wú'ěr

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄦˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁴ ji⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Ǹg-ngí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wú'ěr
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄦˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Wú-ěr
  - Wade–Giles: Wu²-êrh³
  - Yale: Wú-ěr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wueel
  - Palladius: Уэр (Uer)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ng⁴ ji⁵
  - Yale: ǹgh yíh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁴ ji⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ng⁴ yi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍²¹ jiː¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Ǹg-ngí
  - Hakka Romanization System: ng^ˇ ngi^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ng² ngi³
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍¹¹ ŋi³¹/

Proper noun

吾珥

(Protestantism) Ur (an ancient Sumerian city in Mesopotamia)
- 1919, 《新舊約全書：官話和合譯本》 [Mandarin Bible, Union Version], Shanghai: American Bible Society, 創世記 [Genesis] 11:28:
  
  哈蘭死在他的本地迦勒底的吾珥、在他父親他拉之先。 [MSC, trad.]
  哈兰死在他的本地迦勒底的吾珥、在他父亲他拉之先。 [MSC, simp.]
  Hālán sǐ zài tā de běndì Jiālèdǐ de Wú'ěr, zài tā fùqīn Tālā zhī xiān. [Pinyin]
  Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees, while his father Terah was still alive. [World English Bible]
- 2009, 盧永亨, “因著信”, in 振翅翱翔, performed by 角聲使團 [The Heralders]:
  
  憑信，他離別吾珥；因信，全然奉上愛子 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  凭信，他离别吾珥；因信，全然奉上爱子 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  pang⁴ seon³, taa¹ lei⁴ bit⁶ ng⁴ ji⁵; jan¹ seon³, cyun⁴ jin⁴ fung⁶ soeng⁵ oi³ zi² [Jyutping]
  By faith, he left Ur; because of faith, he wholeheartedly offered his beloved son

Synonyms

Terms for Ur in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	吾珥
Roman Catholic	烏爾