王母

Chinese

		king('s) royal	mother(s)
simp. and trad. (王母)		王	母

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wángmǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ mou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wángmǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wángmǔ
    • Wade–Giles: wang²-mu³
    • Yale: wáng-mǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wangmuu
    • Palladius: ванму (vanmu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁴ mou⁵
    • Yale: wòhng móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ mou̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: hjwang muwX

Rime
Character	王	母
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	雨方切	莫厚切
Baxter	hjwang	muwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉɐŋ/	/məuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷiɐŋ/	/məuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuɑŋ/	/məuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuaŋ/	/məwX/
Li Rong	/ɣiuaŋ/	/muX/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwaŋ/	/məuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/iwaŋ/	/mə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wáng	mǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wong4	mau5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ɢʷaŋ  məʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷaŋ  mɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	王	母
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wáng	mǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ hjwang ›	‹ muwX ›
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷaŋ/	/*məʔ/ (? or *mˁoʔ)
English	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	王	母
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	12742	9288
Phonetic component	王	母
Rime group	陽	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	王	母
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷaŋ/	/*mɯʔ/

Noun

王母

1. paternal grandmother

Proper noun

王母

1. (Chinese mythology, Taoism) Queen Mother of the West

Derived terms

• 王母娘娘 (Wángmǔ Niángniang)
• 西王母 (Xīwángmǔ)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
王	母
Grade: 1	Grade: 2

Noun

王母(おうぼ) • (ōbo) 

1. one's deceased grandmother