西王母

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīwángmǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ wong⁴ mou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīwángmǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Siwángmǔ
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-wang²-mu³
    • Yale: Syī-wáng-mǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiwangmuu
    • Palladius: Сиванму (Sivanmu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ wɑŋ³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ wong⁴ mou⁵
    • Yale: sāi wòhng móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ wong⁴ mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ wong⁴ mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹ mou̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: sej hjwang muwX

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
Baxter	sej	hjwang	muwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sei/	/ɦʉɐŋ/	/məuX/
Pan Wuyun	/sei/	/ɦʷiɐŋ/	/məuX/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛi/	/ɣiuɑŋ/	/məuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛj/	/ɦuaŋ/	/məwX/
Li Rong	/sei/	/ɣiuaŋ/	/muX/
Wang Li	/siei/	/ɣĭwaŋ/	/məuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/siei/	/iwaŋ/	/mə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī	wáng	mǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sai1	wong4	mau5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-nˤər  ɢʷaŋ  məʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɯːl  ɢʷaŋ  mɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	西	王	母
Reading #	1/1	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xī	wáng	mǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ sej ›	‹ hjwang ›	‹ muwX ›
Old Chinese	/*s-nˁər/	/*ɢʷaŋ/	/*məʔ/ (? or *mˁoʔ)
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

(deprecated template usage) 西王母

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

   安息長老傳聞條枝有弱水、西王母，而未嘗見。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   安息长老传闻条枝有弱水、西王母，而未尝见。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

   Ānxī chánglǎo chuánwén Tiáozhī yǒu Ruòshuǐ, Xīwángmǔ, ér wèicháng jiàn. [Pinyin]

   The elders of Anxi have heard that the Weak River and the Queen Mother of the West are to be found in Tiaozhi, and [but] have never seen it.

2. name of an ancient state or region

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 西王母

1. deer