西王母

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Chinese

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

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/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/siei/ /iwaŋ/ /mə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xī wáng mǒu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sai1 wong4 mau5
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. * 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)
  2. name of an ancient state or region

Synonyms

Noun

西王母

  1. 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
 西王母 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

From Chinese 西遊記／西游记 (Xīyóujì).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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

  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”).
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