女媧

See also: 女娲

Chinese edit

		female; woman; daughter	surname; sister of Fu2 Xi1
trad. (女媧)		女	媧
simp. (女娲)		女	娲

Wikipedia has articles on:

女媧 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
女媧 (Cantonese)
女媧 (Classical)
Lú-oa (Southern Min)
女娲 (Wu)

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Nǚwā

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi⁵ wo¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Lú-o / Lí-o / Lír-o͘ / Lú-oa / Lí-oa / Lír-oa / Lír-koa / Lí-koa / Lú-koa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Nǚwā
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Nyǔwa
  - Wade–Giles: Nü³-wa¹
  - Yale: Nyǔ-wā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Neuua
  - Palladius: Нюйва (Njujva)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ wä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: neoi⁵ wo¹
  - Yale: néuih wō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: noey⁵ wo¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: nêu⁵ wo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɵy̯¹³ wɔː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lú-o
  - Tâi-lô: Lú-o
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lwoy
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɤ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ o⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Zhangzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lí-o
  - Tâi-lô: Lí-o
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lyoy
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ o⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lír-o͘
  - Tâi-lô: Lír-oo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɔ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lú-oa
  - Tâi-lô: Lú-ua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lwoaf
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ua⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lí-oa
  - Tâi-lô: Lí-ua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lyoaf
  - IPA (Zhangzhou, Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ua⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lír-oa
  - Tâi-lô: Lír-ua
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ua³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lír-koa
  - Tâi-lô: Lír-kua
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kua³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lí-koa
  - Tâi-lô: Lí-kua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ly'koaf
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou, Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kua⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lú-koa
  - Tâi-lô: Lú-kua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lw'koaf
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kua⁴⁴/

Note:

Lú-o — the most common reading in Taiwan;
Lí-koa/Lú-koa — uncommon.

Proper noun edit

女媧

(Chinese mythology) Nüwa, the goddess who repaired heaven and created mankind

Synonyms edit

媧皇／娲皇 (Wāhuáng)
(Min Nan) 女媧娘娘／女娲娘娘

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (女媧):

→ Japanese: 女(じょ)媧(か) (Joka)
→ Korean: 여와(女媧) (Yeowa)
→ Vietnamese: Nữ Oa (女媧)

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
女	媧
じょ Grade: 1	か Hyōgaiji
kan’on

女媧 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

From Chinese 女媧／女娲 (Nǚwā).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ka̠]

Proper noun edit

女(じょ)媧(か) • (Joka) ^{←ぢよくわ (dyokwa)^?}

(Chinese mythology) Nüwa

Korean edit

Hanja in this term
女	媧

Proper noun edit

女媧 • (Yeowa) (hangeul 여와)

Hanja form^? of 여와 (“Nüwa”).

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
女	媧

Proper noun edit

女媧

chữ Hán form of Nữ Oa (“Nüwa”).