西王母

Chinese

		west	queen mother
simp. and trad. (西王母)		西	王母

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xīwángmǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ wong⁴ mou⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Xīwángmǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiwangmuu
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ u̯ɑŋ³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai¹ wong⁴ mou⁵
  - Yale: sāi wòhng móuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ wong⁴ mou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ wong⁴ mou⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹ mou̯¹³/

Middle Chinese: /sei ɦʉɐŋ məu^X/▼

Rime
Character	西	王	母
Reading #	1/1	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	云 (35)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	陽 (106)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Open
Division (等)	IV	III	I
Fanqie	先稽切	雨方切	莫厚切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sei/	/ɦʉɐŋ/	/məu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/sei/	/ɦʷiɐŋ/	/məu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛi/	/ɣiuɑŋ/	/məu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛj/	/ɦuaŋ/	/məw^X/
Li Rong	/sei/	/ɣiuaŋ/	/mu^X/
Wang Li	/siei/	/ɣĭwaŋ/	/məu^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/siei/	/iwaŋ/	/mə̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī	wáng	mǒu

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter-Sagart): /*s-nˤər ɢʷaŋ məʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*sɯːl ɢʷaŋ mɯʔ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	西	王	母
Reading #	1/2	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xī	wáng	mǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ sej ›	‹ hjwang ›	‹ muw^X ›
Old Chinese	/*s-nˤər/	/*ɢʷaŋ/	/məʔ/ (? or mˤoʔ)
English	west	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	西	王	母
Reading #	1/1	1/2	1/1
No.	13236	12742	9288
Phonetic component	西	王	母
Rime group	微	陽	之
Rime subdivision	1	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	西	王	母
Old Chinese	/*sɯːl/	/*ɢʷaŋ/	/*mɯʔ/

Proper noun

西王母

(Chinese religion, Chinese mythology) Queen Mother of the West (a goddess)
name of an ancient state or region

Noun

西王母

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