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
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): orng² bieo³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ông-bú

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/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: orng² bieo³ [Phonetic: orng⁵ mieo³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ó̤ng-bâ̤u
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɒŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ^(p-)mieu⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: orng² bieo³ [Phonetic: orng⁵ mieo³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɒŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ^(p-)mieu³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ông-bú
  - Tâi-lô: ông-bú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ongbuo
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ²³⁻³³ bu⁴¹/

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/	/məu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷiɐŋ/	/məu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuɑŋ/	/məu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuaŋ/	/məw^X/
Li Rong	/ɣiuaŋ/	/mu^X/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwaŋ/	/məu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/iwaŋ/	/mə̯u^X/
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 ›	‹ muw^X ›
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

paternal grandmother

Proper noun

王母

(Chinese mythology, Taoism) Queen Mother of the West

Derived terms

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

References

小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “王母”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おーぼ [óꜜòbò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [o̞ːbo̞]

Noun

王母(おうぼ) • (ōbo) ^{←わうぼ (waubo)^?}

one's deceased grandmother

Coordinate terms

王(おう)父(ふ) (ōfu)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
王	母

Noun

王母 • (wangmo) (hangeul 왕모)

hanja form^? of 왕모