嗎哪

See also: 吗哪

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (嗎哪)		嗎	哪
simp. (吗哪)		吗	哪

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǎnǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄋㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ naa⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mâ-nâ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ma³ na²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): má-ná

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǎnǎ [Phonetic: mánǎ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄋㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǎnǎ
  - Wade–Giles: ma³-na³
  - Yale: mǎ-nǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maanaa
  - Palladius: мана (mana)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ nä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maa⁵ naa⁴
  - Yale: máh nàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ naa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ na⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ naː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mâ-nâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: ma^ˊ na^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ma¹ na¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ma²⁴⁻¹¹ na²⁴/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ma³ na² [Phonetic: ma⁵ na²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Mâ-ná
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ na¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ma³ na² [Phonetic: ma⁵ na²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma³³²⁻²¹ na²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: má-ná
  - Tâi-lô: má-ná
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mafnar
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nã⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nã⁴¹/

Noun

嗎哪

(Protestantism) manna (food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus)
- 2012, “神是我這生供應者”, in 蘇如紅 (lyrics), 何威廉 (music), 全是祢的‎^[1], performed by 香港基督徒音樂事工協會 [Hong Kong Association of Christian Music Ministry]:
  
  神應許嗎哪降在曠野 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  神应许吗哪降在旷野 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  san⁴ jing¹ heoi² maa⁵ naa⁴ gong³ zoi⁶ kwong³ je⁵ [Jyutping]
  God promised manna will fall in the wilderness

Synonyms

Terms for manna in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	嗎哪
Roman Catholic	瑪納