女王

Chinese edit

	female; woman; daughter	king; Wang (proper name)
trad. (女王)	女	王
simp. ^#(女王)	女	王
anagram	王女

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nǚwáng

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄨㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi⁵ wong⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ńg-vòng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lú-ông

(Teochew, Peng'im): neng² uang⁵
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶gniu-waon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nǚwáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄨㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔwáng
  - Wade–Giles: nü³-wang²
  - Yale: nyǔ-wáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neuwang
  - Palladius: нюйван (njujvan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: neoi⁵ wong⁴
  - Yale: néuih wòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: noey⁵ wong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: nêu⁵ wong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɵy̯¹³ wɔːŋ²¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    女王
    女皇
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ńg-vòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: ng` vongˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ng³ vong²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍³¹ voŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú-ông
  - Tâi-lô: lú-ông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lwoong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɔŋ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: neng² uang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nṳ́ng uâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɯŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ uaŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶gniu-waon
  - MiniDict: nyu^去 waon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyy-hhuaan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲy²² ɦuɑ̃⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: nrjoX hjwang

Rime
Character	女	王
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	尼吕切	雨方切
Baxter	nrjoX	hjwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳɨʌ^X/	/ɦʉɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳiɔ^X/	/ɦʷiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/niɔ^X/	/ɣiuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳɨə̆^X/	/ɦuaŋ/
Li Rong	/niɔ^X/	/ɣiuaŋ/
Wang Li	/nĭo^X/	/ɣĭwaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ni̯wo^X/	/iwaŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nǚ	wáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	neoi⁵	wong⁴

Noun edit

女王

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. [Pinyin]
  Then going toward the south, one arrives at the country of Yamatai, where a Queen holds her court. [This journey] takes ten days by water and one month by land.
women who represents the dead person during a Ryukyuan rite

Proper noun edit

女王

An ancient state in Japan.

Japanese edit

女王 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
女	王
じょ Grade: 1	おう Grade: 1
kan’on

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

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Were there that many queens regnant in ancient China that the need for this so-called "Middle Chinese compound" arose?”

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) じょおー [jòóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞o̞ː]

Noun edit

女(じょ)王(おう) • (joō) ^{←ぢよわう (dyowau)^?}

(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))
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
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)
a queen (reproductive female animal in a hive)
女王(じょおう)アリ
joō ari
a queen ant

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
女	王
じょう Grade: 1	おう Grade: 1
irregular	on’yomi

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

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) じょーおー [jòóóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːo̞ː]

Noun edit

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

a queen regnant

Etymology 3 edit

Kanji in this term
女	王
にょ Grade: 1	おう Grade: 1
goon

(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 edit

(Tokyo) にょおー [nyòóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɲ̟o̞o̞ː]

Noun edit

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

a queen regnant

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term
女	王

Noun edit

女王 • (yeowang) (hangeul 여왕)

Hanja form^? of 여왕 (“queen regnant”).

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
女	王

Noun edit

女王

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

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

[1]

[2]

女王

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