約翰

See also: 约翰

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (約翰)		約	翰
simp. (约翰)		约	翰

Etymology

Transliterated from Latin Iōhannēs or Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), both ultimately from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן‎ (Yōḥānān). [mid-19th c.]

Earlier transliterations include: 曜輪 [8th c.] and 若望/若翰 [17th c.].

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yuēhàn
(Zhuyin): ㄩㄝㄏㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joek³ hon⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Yok-hon
Min Dong (BUC): Iók-hâng
Min Nan (POJ): Iok-hān / Ioh-hān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yuēhàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄝㄏㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yuehàn
  - Wade–Giles: Yüeh¹-han⁴
  - Yale: Ywē-hàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Iuehann
  - Palladius: Юэхань (Juexanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵⁵ xän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: joek³ hon⁶
  - Yale: yeuk hohn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁸ hon⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêg³ hon⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚³ hɔːn²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yok-hon
  - Hakka Romanization System: iog` hon
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yog⁵ hon⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯ok̚² hon⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yok-hon
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iog` hon
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yog⁵ hon⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯ok̚² hon⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Iók-hâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yoʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ hɑŋ²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iok-hān
  - Tâi-lô: Iok-hān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iokhan
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁴ han³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁴ han²²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ioh-hān
  - Tâi-lô: Ioh-hān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ioihhan
  - IPA (Taipei): /io(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ han³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ han³³/

Proper noun

約翰

(Protestantism) John (biblical character)
A transliteration of the English male given name and surname John
約翰的女友發現了他的不忠並甩了他，原來他也有今天。 [MSC, trad.]
约翰的女友发现了他的不忠并甩了他，原来他也有今天。 [MSC, simp.]
Yuēhàn de nǚyǒu fāxiàn le tā de bùzhōng bìng shuǎi le tā, yuánlái tā yě yǒu jīntiān. [Pinyin]
After discovering John's infidelity his girlfriend dumped him - in the end he really got his just deserts.
A transliteration of the German male given name Johann

Usage notes

In Protestant translations, 約翰／约翰 (Yuēhàn) is for both John the Apostle and John the Baptist.

Synonyms

(obsolete) 曜輪／曜轮 (Yàolún) [8th c.]

Terms for John (the apostle) in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	約翰
Roman Catholic	若望
Eastern Orthodox	約安

Terms for John (the Baptist) in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	約翰, 施洗約翰
Roman Catholic	若翰, 若翰洗者
Eastern Orthodox	約安, 施洗者約安

Derived terms

約翰一書／约翰一书 (Yuēhàn Yīshū)
約翰三書／约翰三书 (Yuēhàn Sānshū)
約翰二書／约翰二书 (Yuēhàn Èrshū)

約翰福音／约翰福音 (Yuēhàn Fúyīn)
聖約翰／圣约翰 (Shèng Yuēhàn)