哪吒

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:

• 那吒俱伐羅 (MC na traeH kju bjot la),
• 那吒矩韈囉 (MC na traeH kjuX mjot la),

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

  (Pinyin): Nézhā, Nuózhà

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄜˊ ㄓㄚ, ㄋㄨㄛˊ ㄓㄚˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): naa⁴ zaa¹, no⁴ zaa¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): na³ za^5*

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Nà-châ
• Eastern Min (BUC): Nò̤-*chiă
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Lô-tà / Lô-cha / Lô-chhia

  (Teochew, Peng'im): na⁵ za¹ / la⁵ za¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶no-tso

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Nézhā → Nézha (toneless final syllable variant)
    • 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: Nuózhà
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄛˊ ㄓㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nuójhà
    • Wade–Giles: no²-cha⁴
    • Yale: nwó-jà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuojah
    • Palladius: ночжа (nočža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu̯ɔ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹/
• 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 za^5*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ⁿda²² t͡sa³²⁻³²⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Nà-châ
    • Hakka Romanization System: naˇ za´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: na² za¹
    • Sinological IPA: /na¹¹ t͡sa²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Nò̤-*chiă
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡo⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰia⁵⁵/
• 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/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶no-tso
    • MiniDict: no^去 tso
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³no-tso
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /no²² t͡so⁴⁴/

Proper noun

哪吒

1. (Chinese folk religion) Nezha, a protection deity in Chinese folk religion

Synonyms

• 中壇元帥／中坛元帅 (“Marshal of the Central Altar”)
• 蓮花三太子／莲花三太子 (“Third Lotus Prince”)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (哪吒):

• → Japanese: 哪(な)吒(たく) (nataku)
• → Korean: 나타(哪吒) (nata)
• → Vietnamese: Na Tra (哪吒)