Chang'e

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Chang'e

  • /t͡ʃɒŋ.(ʔ)ʌ/
  • /t͡ʃæŋ-/

Where it comes from

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 嫦娥 (Cháng'é).

proper noun

  1. Chinese The Chinese goddess of the moon. 4. Don't point at the moon In general, pointing with the index finger at the moon is disrespectful to the moon goddess Chang'e and she will retaliate by cutting your ear clean off, or at least cut it slightly. In addition, during the Qixi Festival, it is considered even worse to point at the moon be

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name lunar divinity

한국어상아 Sang'a
日本語嫦娥 Jōga
中文嫦娥 Cháng'é
РусскийЧанъэ Čanʺe
Tiếng ViệtThường Nga

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@misc{chang_e_2026,
  title = {Chang'e},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chang'e},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}