女王

Chinese

Pronunciation

Noun

女王

1. queen regnant; queen

   上帝保佑女王  ―  Shàngdì bǎoyòu Nǚwáng  ―  God Bless the Queen

   • 南至邪馬壹國，女王之所都，水行十日，陸行一月。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     南至邪马壹国，女王之所都，水行十日，陆行一月。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3^rd century CE

     Nán zhì Yémǎyī guó, nǚwáng zhī suǒdōu, shuǐxíng shírì, lùxíng yīyuè.

     Then going toward the south, one arrives at the country of Yamatai, where a Queen holds her court. takes ten days by water and one month by land.

2. women who represents the dead person during a Ryukyuan rite

Proper noun

女王

1. An ancient state in Japan.

Japanese

 女王 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology 1

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) From Middle Chinese 女王 (nrjo^X hjwang, literally “female + king”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じょお​ー (Nakadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

女(じょ)王(おう) • (joō) ^{←ぢよわう (dyowau)?}

1. (historical) a Japanese prince's unmarried daughter who is descended from the reigning emperor through no more than five generations ("princes" include 親王 (shinnō) or 王 (ō))
2. a Japanese prince's unmarried daughter who is descended from the reigning emperor through no more than three generations (thus, the emperor's granddaughter or niece; "princes" only include 親王 (shinnō))

   典(のり)子(こ)女(じょ)王(おう)

   Noriko Jōu

   Princess Noriko

3. a queen regnant

   善(ぜん)徳(とく)(女(じょ))王(おう)

   Zentoku (Jo) ō

   Queen Seondeok

   女(じょ)王(おう)エリザベス2(に)世(せい)

   Jōu Erizabesu Nisei

   Queen Elizabeth II

   アナと雪(ゆき)の女(じょ)王(おう)

   Ana to Yuki no Jōu

   Anna and the Snow Queen

   女(じょ)王(おう)様(さま)とお呼(よ)び！

   Jōusama to o yobi!

   (please add an English translation of this example)

4. a queen (reproductive female animal in a hive)

   女王(じょおう)アリ

   joō ari

   a queen ant

See also

• 王(おう) (ō, male equivalent)
• 内(ない)親(しん)王(のう) (naishinnō, sister or daughter of the emperor)
• 王(おう)妃(ひ) (ōhi, “queen consort; princess consort”)
• 王(おう)女(じょ) (ōjo, “king's daughter”)
• 皇(おう)女(じょ) (ōjo); 皇(こう)女(じょ) (kōjo, “emperor's daughter”)

Etymology 2

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Alteration of joō.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じょーお​ー (Nakadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

女(じょう)王(おう) • (jōō) ^{←ぢようわう (dyowau)?}

1. a queen regnant

Etymology 3

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) From Middle Chinese 女王 (nrjo^X hjwang, literally “female + king”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にょお​ー (Nakadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

女(にょ)王(おう) • (nyoō) ^{←によわう (nyowau)?}

1. a queen regnant

References

Korean

Noun

女王 • (yeowang) (hangeul 여왕)

1. Hanja form^? of 여왕 (“queen regnant”).

Vietnamese

Noun

女王

1. chữ Hán form of nữ vương (“queen regnant”).