厄娃

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (厄娃)		厄	娃
simp. ^#(厄娃)		厄	娃

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Ē̆va, from Ancient Greek Εὔᾱ (Eúā), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה‎ (ḥawwā).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Èwá

(Zhuyin): ㄜˋ ㄨㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ak¹ waa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Èwá
  - Zhuyin: ㄜˋ ㄨㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Èwá
  - Wade–Giles: O⁴-wa²
  - Yale: È-wá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ehwa
  - Palladius: Эва (Eva)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹ wä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ak¹ waa¹
  - Yale: āk wā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ak⁷ waa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: eg¹ wa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐk̚⁵ waː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

厄娃

(Catholicism) Eve (the first woman and mother of the human race)

Synonyms

Terms for Eve in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	夏娃 (Xiàwá)
Roman Catholic	厄娃 (Èwá)

(Islam) 哈娃

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