西王母

Chinese

		west(ern)	queen mother
simp. and trad. (西王母)		西	王母

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xīwángmǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ wong⁴ mou⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Se-ông-bú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xīwángmǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Siwángmǔ
  - Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-wang²-mu³
  - Yale: Syī-wáng-mǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiwangmuu
  - Palladius: Сиванму (Sivanmu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ wɑŋ³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai¹ wong⁴ mou⁵
  - Yale: sāi wòhng móuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ wong⁴ mou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ wong⁴ mou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹ mou̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-ông-bú
  - Tâi-lô: Se-ông-bú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: se'ongbuo
  - IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔŋ²³⁻³³ bu⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: sej hjwang muwX

Rime
Character	西	王	母
Reading #	1/1	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	云 (35)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	陽 (106)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Open
Division (等)	IV	III	I
Fanqie	先稽切	雨方切	莫厚切
Baxter	sej	hjwang	muwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sei/	/ɦʉɐŋ/	/məu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/sei/	/ɦʷiɐŋ/	/məu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛi/	/ɣiuɑŋ/	/məu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛj/	/ɦuaŋ/	/məw^X/
Li Rong	/sei/	/ɣiuaŋ/	/mu^X/
Wang Li	/siei/	/ɣĭwaŋ/	/məu^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/siei/	/iwaŋ/	/mə̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī	wáng	mǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sai¹	wong⁴	mau⁵

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*s-nˤər ɢʷaŋ məʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*sɯːl ɢʷaŋ mɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	西	王	母
Reading #	1/1	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xī	wáng	mǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ sej ›	‹ hjwang ›	‹ muw^X ›
Old Chinese	/*s-nˁər/	/*ɢʷaŋ/	/məʔ/ (? or mˁoʔ)
English	west	king	mother
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	西	王	母
Reading #	1/1	1/2	1/1
No.	13236	12742	9288
Phonetic component	西	王	母
Rime group	微	陽	之
Rime subdivision	1	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	西	王	母
Old Chinese	/*sɯːl/	/*ɢʷaŋ/	/*mɯʔ/

Proper noun

西王母

(Chinese religion, Chinese mythology) Queen Mother of the West (goddess)
- 安息長老傳聞條枝有弱水、西王母，而未嘗見。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  安息长老传闻条枝有弱水、西王母，而未尝见。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
  Ānxī chánglǎo chuánwén Tiáozhī yǒu Ruòshuǐ, Xīwángmǔ, ér wèicháng jiàn. [Pinyin]
  The elders of Anxi have heard that the Weak River and the Queen Mother of the West are to be found in Tiaozhi, and [but] have never seen it.
name of an ancient state or region

Synonyms

(Queen Mother of the West): 王母娘娘 (Wángmǔ Niángniang), 王母 (wángmǔ)

Noun

西王母

deer

Japanese

Kanji in this term
西	王	母
さい Grade: 2	おう Grade: 1	ぼ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
西	王	母
せい Grade: 2	おう Grade: 1	ぼ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 西遊記／西游记 (Xīyóujì).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sa̠io̞ːbo̞]

IPA^(key): [se̞ːo̞ːbo̞]

Proper noun

西(さい)王(おう)母(ぼ) or 西(せい)王(おう)母(ぼ) • (Saiōbo or Seiōbo)

(Chinese religion, Chinese mythology) Queen Mother of the West (goddess)

Korean

Hanja in this term
西	王	母

Proper noun

西王母 • (Seowangmo) (hangeul 서왕모)

Hanja form^? of 서왕모 (“Queen Mother of the West”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
西	王	母

Proper noun

西王母

chữ Hán form of Tây Vương Mẫu (“Queen Mother of the West”).

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