嫦娥

Chinese

			good; beautiful
simp. and trad. (嫦娥)		嫦	娥
alt. forms		常娥

Etymology

Euphemistic form of 姮娥 (Héng'é) from the Han dynasty, since 姮 (héng) is homophonous with 恆／恒 (héng), the personal name of Emperor Wen of Han.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Cháng'é

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁴ ngo⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sòng-ngò
Min Nan (POJ): Siông-gô / Siông-ngô͘ / Siâng-ngô͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Cháng'é
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄜˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Charnger
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ˀɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁴ ngo⁴
  - Yale: sèuhng ngòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁴ ngo⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁴ ngo⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²¹ ŋɔː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sòng-ngò
  - Hakka Romanization System: songˇ ngoˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: song² ngo²
  - IPA: /soŋ¹¹ ŋo¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siông-gô
  - Tâi-lô: Siông-gô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sionggooi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² go²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siông-ngô͘
  - Tâi-lô: Siông-ngôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siongngoo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔŋ²³⁻³³ ŋɔ̃²³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋɔ̃²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siâng-ngô͘
  - Tâi-lô: Siâng-ngôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siangngoo
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiaŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋɔ̃²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiaŋ²³⁻³³ ŋɔ̃²³/

Middle Chinese: /d͡ʑɨɐŋ ŋɑ/▼

Rime
Character	嫦	娥
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	市羊切	五何切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑɨɐŋ/	/ŋɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɐŋ/	/ŋɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiɑŋ/	/ŋɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑɨaŋ/	/ŋa/
Li Rong	/ʑiaŋ/	/ŋɑ/
Wang Li	/ʑĭaŋ/	/ŋɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯aŋ/	/ŋɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cháng	é

Proper noun

嫦娥

(Chinese mythology) Chang'e, the Chinese goddess of the moon

Synonyms

廣寒仙子／广寒仙子

Noun

嫦娥

(figuratively) moon
(figuratively) graceful, beautiful woman

Japanese

Kanji in this term
嫦	娥
じょう Hyōgaiji	が Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Proper noun

嫦娥 (hiragana じょうが, rōmaji Jōga)

(Chinese mythology) Chang'e, the Chinese goddess of the moon

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