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

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/

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/
Bernard 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)

Japanese

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

Noun

王母(おうぼ) • (ōbo)

one's deceased grandmother

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