姮娥

Chinese

			good; beautiful
simp. and trad. (姮娥)		姮	娥
variant forms		恒娥

Etymology

Originally written as 恆娥／恒娥; 恆／恒 (héng) probably means "partial moon".

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Héng'é

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄥˊ ㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁴ ngo⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Héng'é
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄥˊ ㄜˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hernger
  - IPA ^(key): /xɤŋ³⁵ ˀɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hang⁴ ngo⁴
  - Yale: hàhng ngòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁴ ngo⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: heng⁴ ngo⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²¹ ŋɔː²¹/

Proper noun

姮娥

Alternative name for 嫦娥 (Cháng'é).

Usage notes

Renamed to the now more common name 嫦娥 (Cháng'é) to avoid naming taboo of Emperor Wen of Han.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
姮	娥
こう Hyōgaiji	が Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 姮娥

Proper noun

姮娥 (hiragana こうが, rōmaji Kōga)

(Chinese mythology) Synonym of 嫦娥 (Jōga, “Cheng'e”)

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