夏娃

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (夏娃)		夏	娃
simp. ^#(夏娃)		夏	娃

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā), via a Southern Chinese dialect.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xiàwá

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ waa¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Ha-vâ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ha⁵ hua¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hā-oa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xiàwá
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Siàwá
  - Wade–Giles: Hsia⁴-wa²
  - Yale: Syà-wá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiahwa
  - Palladius: Сява (Sjava)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ wä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haa⁶ waa¹
  - Yale: hah wā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ waa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ wa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² waː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Ha-vâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: ha va^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ha⁴ va¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ha⁵⁵ va²⁴/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ha⁵ hua¹ [Phonetic: ha⁵ ua¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Hā-hua
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ha¹¹ ^(h-)ua⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ha⁵ hua¹ [Phonetic: ha⁵ ua¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ha²¹ ^(h-)ua⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hā-oa
  - Tâi-lô: Hā-ua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: haxoaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ha²²⁻²¹ ua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ha³³⁻¹¹ ua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ha³³⁻²¹ ua⁴⁴/

Proper noun

夏娃

(Protestantism) Eve (the first woman and mother of the human race)
- 彼人共伊的某夏娃同房；夏娃就懷孕生該隱，講，我對耶和華庇佑得著囝。 [Hokkien, trad.]
  彼人共伊的某夏娃同房；夏娃就怀孕生该隐，讲，我对耶和华庇佑得着囝。 [Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 巴克禮譯本 (Barclay Amoy Romanized Bible), 創世記 (Genesis) 4:1
  Hit-lâng kā i ê bó͘ Hā-oa tâng-pâng; Hā-oa chiū hoâi-īn siⁿ Kai-ún, kóng, Góa tùi Iâ-hô-hoa pì-iū tit-tio̍h kiáⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she [Eve] conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.

Synonyms

Terms for Eve in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	夏娃
Roman Catholic	厄娃
Eastern Orthodox	埃瓦

(Islam) 哈娃 (Hāwá)
(Yinchuan Mandarin) 哈爾娃／哈尔娃, 好娃