Joseph in Chinese
The standard Chinese transliteration of Joseph is 约瑟夫, pronounced Yuēsèfū. Hear it below, see what each character means, then try saying it yourself.
约瑟夫
Yuēsèfū
Character by character
agreement; approximately
se, an ancient zither
man; husband
About this transliteration
The biblical Joseph is simply 约瑟; the 夫 ending marks the modern secular name.
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