女媧

See also: 女娲

Chinese

		female; woman; daughter	surname; sister of Fu2 Xi1
trad. (女媧)		女	媧
simp. (女娲)		女	娲

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Nǚwā

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi⁵ wo¹
Min Nan (POJ): Lú-o / Lí-o / Lír-koa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Nǚwā
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Nyǔwa
  - Wade–Giles: Nü³-wa¹
  - Yale: Nyǔ-wā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Neuua
  - Palladius: Нюйва (Njujva)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ wä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: neoi⁵ wo¹
  - Yale: néuih wō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: noey⁵ wo¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: nêu⁵ wo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɵy̯¹³ wɔː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lú-o
  - Tâi-lô: Lú-o
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lwoy
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɤ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ o⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lí-o
  - Tâi-lô: Lí-o
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lyoy
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɤ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lír-koa
  - Tâi-lô: Lír-kua
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kua³³/

Proper noun

女媧

(Chinese mythology) Nüwa, the goddess who repaired heaven and created mankind

Synonyms

媧皇／娲皇 (Wāhuáng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (女媧):

→ Japanese: 女(じょ)媧(か) (Joka)
→ Korean: 여와(女媧) (Yeowa)
→ Vietnamese: Nữ Oa (女媧)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
女	媧
じょ Grade: 1	か Hyōgaiji
kan’on

Etymology

From Chinese 女媧／女娲 (Nǚwā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ka̠]

Proper noun

女(じょ)媧(か) • (Joka) ^{←ぢよくわ (dyokwa)^?}

(Chinese mythology) Nüwa

Korean

Hanja in this term
女	媧

Proper noun

女媧 • (Yeowa) (hangeul 여와)

Hanja form^? of 여와 (“Nüwa”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
女	媧

Proper noun

女媧

chữ Hán form of Nữ Oa (“Nüwa”).

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