# 王母
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wángmǔ
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄨˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wong$^4$ mou$^5$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): orng$^2$ bieo$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ông-bú
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wángmǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wángmǔ
*** Wade–Giles: wang$^2$-mu$^3$
*** Yale: wáng-mǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wangmuu
*** Palladius: ванму (vanmu)
*** Sinological IPA : /wɑŋ³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$亡母 王母
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wong$^4$ mou$^5$
*** Yale: wòhng móuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wong$^4$ mou$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wong$^4$ mou$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɔːŋ²¹ mou̯¹³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: orng$^2$ bieo$^3$ [Phonetic: orng$^5$ mieo$^3$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ó̤ng-bâ̤u
*** Sinological IPA : /ɒŋ¹³⁻²¹ $^{(p-)}$mieu⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: orng$^2$ bieo$^3$ [Phonetic: orng$^5$ mieo$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /ɒŋ¹³⁻²¹ $^{(p-)}$mieu³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ông-bú
*** Tâi-lô: ông-bú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ongbuo
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bu⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ²³⁻³³ bu⁴¹/
* Middle Chinese: hjwang muwX
Rime :
| Character | 王 | 母 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (106) | 侯 (137) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 雨方切 | 莫厚切 |
| Baxter | hjwang | muwX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦʉɐŋ/ | /məu$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷiɐŋ/ | /məu$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣiuɑŋ/ | /məu$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦuaŋ/ | /məw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣiuaŋ/ | /mu$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣĭwaŋ/ | /məu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /iwaŋ/ | /mə̯u$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wáng | mǒu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wong$^4$ | mau$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*ɢʷaŋ məʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷaŋ mɯʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 王 | 母 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | wáng | mǔ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hjwang › | ‹ muw$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢʷaŋ/ | /*məʔ/ (? or *mˁoʔ) |
| English | 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 | 王 | 母 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| No. | 12742 | 9288 |
| Phonetic component | 王 | 母 |
| Rime group | 陽 | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 王 | 母 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢʷaŋ/ | /*mɯʔ/ |

### Noun

王母
* paternal grandmother

### Proper noun

王母
* (Chinese mythology, Taoism) Queen Mother of the West

#### Derived terms

* 王母娘娘 (Wángmǔ Niángniang)
* 西王母 (Xīwángmǔ)

### References

* 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “王母”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 王 | 母 |
| Grade: 1 | Grade: 2 |

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) おーぼ [óꜜòbò] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [o̞ːbo̞]

### Noun

王母(おうぼ) • (ōbo)
* one's deceased grandmother

#### Coordinate terms

* 王(おう)父(ふ) (ōfu)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 王 | 母 |

### Noun

王母 • (wangmo) (hangeul 왕모)
* hanja form of 왕모