哪吒
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Chinese
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (哪吒) | 哪 | 吒 | |
| simp. #(哪吒) | 哪 | 吒 | |
| alternative forms | 那吒 | ||
Etymology
Clipping of the Medieval variants of the name:
Which are transcriptions of a variant of the Indian yaksha's name Nalakuvara, possibly Pali naṭakuvera; compare Sanskrit नलकुबेर (nalakubera).
Nalakuvara was the son of the yaksha king Kubera, which in Chinese is 俱毗羅 (MC kju bjij la).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): naa4 zaa1 / no4 zaa1
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): na3 za5*
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Nà-châ
- Eastern Min (BUC): Nò̤-*chiă
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6no-tso
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄜˊ ㄓㄚ → ㄋㄜˊ ˙ㄓㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: néjhå
- Wade–Giles: nê2-cha5
- Yale: né-ja
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ne.ja
- Palladius: нэчжа (nɛčža)
- Sinological IPA (key): /nɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂä⁵⁵/ → /nɤ³⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥ä³/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄛˊ ㄓㄚˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: nuójhà
- Wade–Giles: no2-cha4
- Yale: nwó-jà
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuojah
- Palladius: ночжа (nočža)
- Sinological IPA (key): /nu̯ɔ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: naa4 zaa1 / no4 zaa1
- Yale: nàh jā / nòh jā
- Cantonese Pinyin: naa4 dzaa1 / no4 dzaa1
- Guangdong Romanization: na4 za1 / no4 za1
- Sinological IPA (key): /naː²¹ t͡saː⁵⁵/, /nɔː²¹ t͡saː⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: na3 za5*
- Sinological IPA (key): /ⁿda²² t͡sa³²⁻³²⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Nà-châ
- Hakka Romanization System: naˇ zaˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: na2 za1
- Sinological IPA: /na¹¹ t͡sa²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: Nò̤-*chiă
- Sinological IPA (key): /nˡo⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰia⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lô-tà
- Tâi-lô: Lô-tà
- Phofsit Daibuun: loi'dax
- IPA (Xiamen): /lo²⁴⁻²² ta²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lô-cha
- Tâi-lô: Lô-tsa
- Phofsit Daibuun: loizaf
- IPA (Quanzhou): /lo²⁴⁻²² t͡sa³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lô-chhia
- Tâi-lô: Lô-tshia
- Phofsit Daibuun: loichiaf
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /lo²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: na5 za1 / la5 za1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nâ tsa / lâ tsa
- Sinological IPA (key): /na⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sa³³/, /la⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sa³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Wu
Proper noun
哪吒