# 哪吒
## Chinese

* 哪吒 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Nezha (deity) (English)

### 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, Nézhà
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄜˊ ㄓㄚ, ㄋㄨㄛˊ ㄓㄚˋ, ㄋㄜˊ ㄓㄚˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): naa$^4$ zaa$^1$ / no$^4$ zaa$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): na$^3$ za$^{5*}$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Nà-châ
* Eastern Min (BUC): Nò̤-*chiă
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): Lô-chhia / Lô-cha / Lô-tà
    (Teochew, Peng'im): na$^5$ za$^1$ / la$^5$ za$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$no-tso
* 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: nê$^2$-cha$^5$
*** Yale: né-ja
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ne.ja
*** Palladius: нэчжа (nɛčža)
*** Sinological IPA : /nɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂä⁵⁵/ → /nɤ³⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥ä³/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Nuózhà
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄛˊ ㄓㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nuójhà
*** Wade–Giles: no$^2$-cha$^4$
*** Yale: nwó-jà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuojah
*** Palladius: ночжа (nočža)
*** Sinological IPA : /nu̯ɔ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Nézhà
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄜˊ ㄓㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Néjhà
*** Wade–Giles: Nê$^2$-cha$^4$
*** Yale: Né-jà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nejah
*** Palladius: Нэчжа (Nɛčža)
*** Sinological IPA : /nɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: naa$^4$ zaa$^1$ / no$^4$ zaa$^1$
*** Yale: nàh jā / nòh jā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: naa$^4$ dzaa$^1$ / no$^4$ dzaa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: na$^4$ za$^1$ / no$^4$ za$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /naː²¹ t͡saː⁵⁵/, /nɔː²¹ t͡saː⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: na$^3$ za$^{5*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /ⁿda²² t͡sa³²⁻³²⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Nà-châ
*** Hakka Romanization System: na$^ˇ$ za$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: na$^2$ za$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /na¹¹ t͡sa²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: Nò̤-*chiă
*** Sinological IPA : /nˡo⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰia⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lô-chhia
*** Tâi-lô: Lô-tshia
*** Phofsit Daibuun: loichiaf
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lo²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lo²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lô-cha
*** Tâi-lô: Lô-tsa
*** Phofsit Daibuun: loizaf
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lo²⁴⁻²² t͡sa³³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lô-tà
*** Tâi-lô: Lô-tà
*** Phofsit Daibuun: loi'dax
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lo²⁴⁻²² ta²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: na$^5$ za$^1$ / la$^5$ za$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nâ tsa / lâ tsa
*** Sinological IPA : /na⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sa³³/, /la⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sa³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$no-tso
*** MiniDict: no$^去$ tso
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$no-tso
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /no²² t͡so⁴⁴/

### Proper noun

哪吒
* (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”)
* 三太子

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 哪(な)吒(た) (nata)
* → Korean: 나타(哪吒) (nata)
* → Vietnamese: Na Tra (哪吒)

### References

* “哪吒”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.