# 王妃
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wángfēi
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˊ ㄈㄟ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wong$^4$ fei$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vòng-fî
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ông-hui
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wángfēi
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˊ ㄈㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wángfei
*** Wade–Giles: wang$^2$-fei$^1$
*** Yale: wáng-fēi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wangfei
*** Palladius: ванфэй (vanfɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /wɑŋ³⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wong$^4$ fei$^1$
*** Yale: wòhng fēi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wong$^4$ fei$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wong$^4$ féi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɔːŋ²¹ fei̯⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vòng-fî
*** Hakka Romanization System: vong$^ˇ$ fi$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: vong$^2$ fi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /voŋ¹¹ fi²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ông-hui
*** Tâi-lô: ông-hui
*** Phofsit Daibuun: onghuy
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɔŋ²⁴⁻²² hui⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔŋ²⁴⁻²² hui³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔŋ¹³⁻²² hui⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hui⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ²³⁻³³ hui⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: hjwang|hjwangH phj+j|phwojH
Rime :
| Character | 王 | 王 | 妃 | 妃 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) | 云 (35) | 滂 (2) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (106) | 陽 (106) | 微 (21) | 灰 (42) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III | III | I |
| Fanqie | 雨方切 | 于放切 | 芳非切 | 滂佩切 |
| Baxter | hjwang | hjwangH | phj+j | phwojH |
| Reconstructions |||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦʉɐŋ/ | /ɦʉɐŋ$^H$/ | /pʰʉi/ | /pʰuʌi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷiɐŋ/ | /ɦʷiɐŋ$^H$/ | /pʰʷɨi/ | /pʰuoi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣiuɑŋ/ | /ɣiuɑŋ$^H$/ | /pʰiuəi/ | /pʰuɒi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦuaŋ/ | /ɦuaŋ$^H$/ | /pʰuj/ | /pʰwəj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣiuaŋ/ | /ɣiuaŋ$^H$/ | /pʰiuəi/ | /pʰuᴀi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣĭwaŋ/ | /ɣĭwaŋ$^H$/ | /pʰĭwəi/ | /pʰuɒi$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /iwaŋ/ | /iwaŋ$^H$/ | /pʰwe̯i/ | /pʰuɑ̆i$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wáng | wàng | fēi | pèi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wong$^4$ | wong$^6$ | fei$^1$ | pui$^3$ |

### Noun

王妃
* wife of a prince; princess consort
* concubine of a king

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 王 | 妃 |
| おう Grade: 1 | ひ Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology

From Middle Chinese *王妃 (MC hjwang|hjwangH phj+j|phwojH), from 王 (ō, “king; East Asian sovereign or imperial prince”) +‎ 妃 (hi, “consort; concubine”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) おーひ [óꜜòhì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [o̞ːçi]

### Noun

王(おう)妃(ひ) • (ōhi)
* a queen consort
    聖(せい)剣(けん)を抱(いだ)く王(おう)妃(ひ)ギネヴィア
       Seiken o Idaku Ōhi Ginevia
       Guinevere, the Queen Who Holds the Holy Sword
    王(おう)妃(ひ)カミラ
       Ōhi Kamira
       Queen (Consort) Camilla
** 1999 November 18, “王(おう)座(ざ)の守(しゅ)護(ご)者(しゃ) [Guardian of the Throne]”, in Vol.6, Konami:
    王(おう)が留(る)守(す)の間(あいだ)、王(おう)座(ざ)を外(がい)敵(てき)から守(まも)る王(おう)妃(ひ)。守(しゅ)備(び)は高(たか)い。
       Ō ga rusu no aida, ōza o gaiteki kara mamoru ōhi. Shubi wa takai.
       A consort with high defense strength who guards the throne from foreign enemies while the king is away.
* the princess consort of an East Asian 王 (“prince”); compare 親王妃