西王母

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīwángmǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄨˇ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīwángmǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄨㄤˊ 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/

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• 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/	/məuX/
Pan Wuyun	/sei/	/ɦʷiɐŋ/	/məuX/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛi/	/ɣiuɑŋ/	/məuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛj/	/ɦuaŋ/	/məwX/
Li Rong	/sei/	/ɣiuaŋ/	/muX/
Wang Li	/siei/	/ɣĭwaŋ/	/məuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/siei/	/iwaŋ/	/mə̯uX/
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 ›	‹ muwX ›
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

1. (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.

2. 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

1. deer

Japanese

Kanji in this term
西	王	母
せい Grade: 2	おう Grade: 1	ぼ Grade: 2
kan'on		kan'yōon

Kanji in this term
西	王	母
さい Grade: 2	おう Grade: 1	ぼ Grade: 2
goon		kan'yōon

Etymology

From Chinese 西王母 (Xīwángmǔ).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せーおーぼ [sèéóꜜòbò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːo̞ːbo̞]

• (Tokyo) さいおーぼ [sàíóꜜòbò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠io̞ːbo̞]

Proper noun

西(せい)王(おう)母(ぼ) • (Seiōbo) ^{←せいわうぼ (Seiwaubo)?} or 西(さい)王(おう)母(ぼ) • (Saiōbo) ^{←さいわうぼ (Saiwaubo)?}

1. (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)

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

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
西	王	母

Proper noun

西王母

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