女王

Chinese

		female; woman; daughter	king; Wang (proper name)
trad. (女王)		女	王
simp. #(女王)		女	王
anagram		王女

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	女	王
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	尼吕切	雨方切
Baxter	nrjoX	hjwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳɨʌX/	/ɦʉɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳiɔX/	/ɦʷiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/niɔX/	/ɣiuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳɨə̆X/	/ɦuaŋ/
Li Rong	/niɔX/	/ɣiuaŋ/
Wang Li	/nĭoX/	/ɣĭwaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ni̯woX/	/iwaŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nǚ	wáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	neoi5	wong4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǚwáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi⁵ wong⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ńg-vòng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lú-ông / lí-ông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): neng² uang⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gniu-waon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǚwáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔwáng
    • Wade–Giles: nü³-wang²
    • Yale: nyǔ-wáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neuwang
    • Palladius: нюйван (njujvan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: neoi⁵ wong⁴
    • Yale: néuih wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noey⁵ wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nêu⁵ wong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɵy̯¹³ wɔːŋ²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 女王 女皇

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ńg-vòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ng^ˋ vong^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ng³ vong²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍³¹ voŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú-ông
    • Tâi-lô: lú-ông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lwoong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-ông
    • Tâi-lô: lí-ông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lyoong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: neng² uang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nṳ́ng uâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɯŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ uaŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gniu-waon
    • MiniDict: nyu^去 waon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyy-hhuaan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲy²² ɦuɑ̃⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: nrjoX hjwang

Noun

女王

1. queen regnant; queen

   上帝保佑女王  ―  Shàngdì bǎoyòu Nǚwáng  ―  God Bless the Queen

   • 南至邪馬壹國，女王之所都，水行十日，陸行一月。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     南至邪马壹国，女王之所都，水行十日，陆行一月。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3^rd century CE

     Nán zhì Yémǎyī guó, nǚwáng zhī suǒdōu, shuǐxíng shírì, lùxíng yīyuè. [Pinyin]

     Then going toward the south, one arrives at the country of Yamatai, where a Queen holds her court. [This journey] takes ten days by water and one month by land.

2. women who represents the dead person during a Ryukyuan rite

Proper noun

女王

1. An ancient state in Japan.

Japanese

 女王 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
女	王
じょ Grade: 1	おう Grade: 1
kan'on

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) From Middle Chinese 女王 (nrjo^X hjwang, literally “female + king”).

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Were there that many queens regnant in ancient China that the need for this so-called "Middle Chinese compound" arose?”

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じょおー [jòóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞o̞ː]

Noun

女(じょ)王(おう) • (joō) ^{←ぢよわう (dyowau)?}

1. (historical) a Japanese prince's unmarried daughter who is descended from the reigning emperor through no more than five generations ("princes" include 親王 (shinnō) or 王 (ō))
2. a Japanese prince's unmarried daughter who is descended from the reigning emperor through no more than three generations (thus, the emperor's granddaughter or niece; "princes" only include 親王 (shinnō))

   典(のり)子(こ)女(じょ)王(おう)

   Noriko Jōu

   Princess Noriko

3. a queen regnant

   善(ぜん)徳(とく)(女(じょ))王(おう)

   Zentoku (Jo) ō

   Queen Seondeok

   女(じょ)王(おう)エリザベス2(に)世(せい)

   Jōu Erizabesu Nisei

   Queen Elizabeth II

   アナと雪(ゆき)の女(じょ)王(おう)

   Ana to Yuki no Jōu

   Anna and the Snow Queen

   女(じょ)王(おう)様(さま)とお呼(よ)び！

   Jōusama to o yobi!

   (please add an English translation of this example)

4. a queen (reproductive female animal in a hive)

   女王(じょおう)アリ

   joō ari

   a queen ant

See also

• 王(おう) (ō, male equivalent)
• 内(ない)親(しん)王(のう) (naishinnō, sister or daughter of the emperor)
• 王(おう)妃(ひ) (ōhi, “queen consort; princess consort”)
• 王(おう)女(じょ) (ōjo, “king's daughter”)
• 皇(おう)女(じょ) (ōjo); 皇(こう)女(じょ) (kōjo, “emperor's daughter”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
女	王
じょう Grade: 1	おう Grade: 1
irregular	on'yomi

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Alteration of joō.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じょーおー [jòóóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːo̞ː]

Noun

女(じょう)王(おう) • (jōō) ^{←ぢようわう (dyouwau)?}

1. a queen regnant

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
女	王
にょ Grade: 1	おう Grade: 1
goon

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) From Middle Chinese 女王 (nrjo^X hjwang, literally “female + king”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にょおー [nyòóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟o̞o̞ː]

Noun

女(にょ)王(おう) • (nyoō) ^{←によわう (nyowau)?}

1. a queen regnant

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
女	王

Noun

女王 • (yeowang) (hangeul 여왕)

1. hanja form^? of 여왕 (“queen regnant”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
女	王

Noun

女王

1. chữ Hán form of nữ vương (“queen regnant”).