# 福音
## Chinese
### Etymology

Calque of English gospel, ultimately from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, literally “good news”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fúyīn
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄧㄣ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk$^1$ jam$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): fuk-yîm
    (Hailu, HRS): fug rhim$^ˋ$
* Northern Min (KCR): hŭ-éng
* Eastern Min (BUC): hók-ĭng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): horh$^6$ ing$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hok-im
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fúyīn
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄧㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fúyin
*** Wade–Giles: fu$^2$-yin$^1$
*** Yale: fú-yīn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwuin
*** Palladius: фуинь (fuinʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /fu³⁵ in⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fuk$^1$ jam$^1$
*** Yale: fūk yām
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fuk$^7$ jam$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fug$^1$ yem$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fʊk̚⁵ jɐm⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fuk-yîm
*** Hakka Romanization System: fug$^ˋ$ im$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fug$^5$ yim$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /fuk̚² im²⁴/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fuk-yîm
*** Hakka Romanization System: fug$^ˋ$ (r)im$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fug$^5$ yim$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /fuk̚² (j)im²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: fug rhim$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /fuk⁵⁻² ʒim⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hŭ-éng
*** Sinological IPA : /xu²⁴ eiŋ⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hók-ĭng
*** Sinological IPA : /huʔ²⁴⁻²¹ iŋ⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: horh$^6$ ing$^1$ [Phonetic: horh$^7$ ing$^1$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ho̤h-ing
*** Sinological IPA : /hɒʔ¹⁻⁴⁵ iŋ⁵³³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: horh$^6$ ing$^1$ [Phonetic: horh$^7$ ing$^1$]
*** Sinological IPA : /hɒʔ²⁻²⁴ iŋ⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hok-im
*** Tâi-lô: hok-im
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hok'ym
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ im⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ im³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁵ im⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ im⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ im⁴⁴/

### Noun

福音
* (Christianity) gospel
    傳福音／传福音 ― chuán fúyīn ― to spread the gospel
* (figurative) good news; good tidings

#### Derived terms

* 共觀福音 / 共观福音 (Gòngguān Fúyīn)
* 同觀福音 / 同观福音 (Tóngguān Fúyīn)
* 多馬福音 / 多马福音 (Duōmǎ Fúyīn)
* 多默福音 (Duōmò Fúyīn)
* 對觀福音 / 对观福音 (Duìguān Fúyīn)
* 猶大福音 / 犹大福音 (Yóudà Fúyīn)
* 瑪竇福音 / 玛窦福音 (Mǎdòu Fúyīn)
* 福音主義 / 福音主义 (fúyīn zhǔyì)
* 福音書 / 福音书 (fúyīnshū)
* 福音派 (fúyīnpài)
* 福音音樂 / 福音音乐
* 符類福音 / 符类福音 (Fúlèi Fúyīn)
* 約翰福音 / 约翰福音 (Yuēhàn Fúyīn)
* 若望福音 (Ruòwàng Fúyīn)
* 路加福音 (Lùjiā Fúyīn)
* 馬可福音 / 马可福音 (Mǎkě Fúyīn)
* 馬太福音 / 马太福音 (Mǎtài Fúyīn)
* 馬爾谷福音 / 马尔谷福音 (Mǎ'ěrgǔ Fúyīn)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 福(ふく)音(いん) (fukuin)
* → Korean: 복음(福音) (bogeum)
* → Vietnamese: phúc âm (福音)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 福 | 音 |
| ふく Grade: 3 | いん Grade: 1 |
| kan'on ||
* Alternative spelling
* 福音 (kyūjitai)

### Etymology

First attested in the early to mid-Meiji period.
Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 福音 (fúyīn), itself a calque of English gospel, ultimately from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, literally “good news”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ふくいん [fùkúíń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɸɯ̟kɯ̟ĩɴ]

### Noun

福(ふく)音(いん) • (fukuin)
* (Christianity) the Gospel, good news
* (by extension, figurative) a gospel, good news, good tidings
    まだ生(い)きていると言(い)うのは正(まさ)に福(ふく)音(いん)だったのよ。
       Mada ikite iru to iu no wa masa ni fukuin datta no yo.
       It was truly good news to hear that she's still alive.

#### Derived terms

* 福(ふく)音(いん)教(きょう)会(かい) (Fukuin Kyōkai, “Evangelical Church”)
* 福(ふく)音(いん)主(しゅ)義(ぎ) (fukuin shugi)
* 福(ふく)音(いん)書(しょ) (fukuin-sho)

#### See also

* 伝(でん)道(どう)師(し) (dendōshi, “missionary, evangelist”)

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 4 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ “福音”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
* ↑ “福音”, in 改訂新版 世界大百科事典 (Kaitei Shinpan Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Revised Edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 2007, →ISBN
* ↑ “福音”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 福 | 音 |

### Noun

福音 • (bogeum) (hangeul 복음)
* hanja form of 복음 (“gospel, good news”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 福 | 音 |

### Noun

福音
* chữ Hán form of phúc âm (“gospel, good news”).