# 西王母
## Chinese

* 西王母

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Xīwángmǔ
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄨˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sai$^1$ wong$^4$ mou$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Se-ông-bú
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Xīwángmǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Siwángmǔ
*** Wade–Giles: Hsi$^1$-wang$^2$-mu$^3$
*** Yale: Syī-wáng-mǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiwangmuu
*** Palladius: Сиванму (Sivanmu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi⁵⁵ wɑŋ³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sai$^1$ wong$^4$ mou$^5$
*** Yale: sāi wòhng móuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sai$^1$ wong$^4$ mou$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sei$^1$ wong$^4$ mou$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐi̯⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹ mou̯¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-ông-bú
*** Tâi-lô: Se-ông-bú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: se'ongbuo
*** IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bu⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔŋ²³⁻³³ bu⁴¹/
* 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/ | /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$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /siei/ | /iwaŋ/ | /mə̯u$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xī | wáng | mǒu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sai$^1$ | wong$^4$ | mau$^5$ |
* 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 › | ‹ muw$^X$ › |
| 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

西王母
* (Chinese religion, Chinese mythology) Queen Mother of the West (goddess)
    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.
* name of an ancient state or region

#### Synonyms

* (Queen Mother of the West): 王母娘娘 (Wángmǔ Niángniang), 王母 (wángmǔ)

### Noun

西王母
* deer

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 西 | 王 | 母 |
| せい Grade: 2 | おう Grade: 1 | ぼ Grade: 2 |
| kan'on | kan'on | kan'yōon |
Kanji in this term :
| 西 | 王 | 母 |
| さい Grade: 2 | おう Grade: 1 | ぼ Grade: 2 |
| goon | goon | kan'yōon |

### Etymology

From Chinese 西王母 (Xīwángmǔ).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) せーおーぼ [sèéóꜜòbò] (Nakadaka – [3])
* IPA: [se̞ːo̞ːbo̞]
* (Tokyo) さいおーぼ [sàíóꜜòbò] (Nakadaka – [3])
* IPA: [sa̠io̞ːbo̞]

### Proper noun

西(せい)王(おう)母(ぼ) • (Seiōbo) or 西(さい)王(おう)母(ぼ) • (Saiōbo)
* (Chinese religion, Chinese mythology) Queen Mother of the West (goddess)

### References

* ↑ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ “西王母”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 西 | 王 | 母 |

### Proper noun

西王母 • (Seowangmo) (hangeul 서왕모)
* hanja form of 서왕모 (“Queen Mother of the West”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 西 | 王 | 母 |

### Proper noun

西王母
* chữ Hán form of Tây Vương Mẫu (“Queen Mother of the West”).