西王母

Chinese

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

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 西
Reading # 1/1 1/2 1/1
Initial () (16) (35) (4)
Final () (39) (106) (137)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Closed Open
Division () IV III I
Fanqie
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
wáng mǒu
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 西
Reading # 1/2 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wáng
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
Reading # 1/1 1/2 1/1
No. 13236 12742 9288
Phonetic
component
西
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
西
Old
Chinese
/*sɯːl/ /*ɢʷaŋ/ /*mɯʔ/

Proper noun

西王母

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

Noun

西王母

  1. deer
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