wáng
king or monarch
best or strongest of its type
grand
great
Wáng Xīn líng
stage name of Cyndi Wang
see 王君如[Wang2 Jun1 ru2]
Wáng Lì Hóng
Wang Lee-Hom (1976-), Taiwanese-American singer
wáng dào
the Way of the King
statecraft
benevolent rule
virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道
Wáng Xī zhī
Wang Xizhi (303-361), famous calligrapher of Eastern Jin, known as the sage of calligraphy 書聖|书圣
Wáng Zhì zhì
Wang Zhizhi (1977-), former Chinese basketball player
Wáng Shuò
Wang Shuo (1958-), Chinese writer, director and actor
wáng hòu
queen
CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
dà wáng
king
magnate
person having expert skill in something
dài wang
robber baron (in opera, old stories)
magnate
wáng shì
royal family
royal household
Wáng Ān shí
Wang Anshi (1021-1086), Song dynasty politician and writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家
wáng bā
tortoise
cuckold
(old) male owner of a brothel
pimp
tiān wáng
emperor
god
Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title
see also 洪秀全[Hong2 Xiu4 quan2]
Wáng lǎo jí
Wanglaoji (beverage brand)
Wáng Fēi
Faye Wong (1969-), Hong Kong pop star and actress
Wáng Nán
Wang Nan (1978-), female PRC table tennis player, Olympic medalist
Yán wáng
same as 閻羅王|阎罗王
Yama, King of Hell
translation of Sanskrit: Yama Raja
Wáng Měng
Wang Meng (325-375), prime minister to Fu Jian 苻堅|苻坚[Fu2 Jian1] of Former Qin 前秦[Qian2 Qin2]
Wáng Lì qín
Wang Liqin (1978-), former PRC table tennis player, Olympic medalist
wáng bā dàn
bastard (insult)
son of a bitch
Wáng Jiàn mín
Chien-Ming Wang (1980-), Taiwanese starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals in Major League Baseball
sì dà tiān wáng
the four heavenly kings (Sanskrit vajra)
the four guardians or warrior attendants of Buddha
bái mǎ wáng zǐ
Prince Charming
knight in shining armor
Wáng Jiā wèi
Wong Kar-wai (1956-), Hong Kong film director
Wáng fǔ jǐng
Wangfujing neighborhood of central Beijing, famous for shopping
Wáng Wéi
Wang Wei (701-761), Tang Dynasty poet
Wáng Píng
Wang Ping (1962-2013), PRC crosstalk actor
Māo Wáng
Elvis Presley (1935-1977), US pop singer and film star
transliterated as 埃爾維斯·普雷斯利|埃尔维斯·普雷斯利[Ai1 er3 wei2 si1 · Pu3 lei2 si1 li4]
wáng lǎo wǔ
lit. fifth child of the Wangs
bachelor
Hóu wáng
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
Wáng Dān
Wang Dan (1969-), Chinese dissident, one of the leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement of 1989
Jiē tóu Bà wáng
Street Fighter (video game series)
Wáng Xiǎo bō
Wang Xiaobo (1952-1997), scholar and novelist
Wáng Yǐng
Wayne Wang (1949-), Chinese US film director
Hǎi zéi wáng
One Piece (manga and anime)
bà wáng bié jī
Xiang Yu bids farewell to his favorite concubine (classic subject)
Farewell my concubine (film by Chen Kaige)
wáng chǔ
crown prince
heir to throne
Wáng Yīng
Wang Ying (character in the "Water Margin")
Wáng Zhèn
Wang Zhen (1908-1993), Chinese political figure
Wáng Guó wéi
Wang Guowei (1877-1927), noted scholar
Wáng Míng
Wang Ming (1904-1974), Soviet trained Chinese communist, Comintern and Soviet stooge and left adventurist in the 1930s, fell out with Mao and moved to Soviet Union from 1956
Téng wáng gé
Tengwang Tower in 江西南昌
one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang tower 岳阳楼 in Yueyang, north Hunan 湖南岳阳 and Yellow crane tower 黄鹤楼 in Wuhan, Hubei 湖北武汉
zuàn shí wáng lǎo wǔ
highly eligible bachelor
desirable male partner
Wáng Mǎng
Wang Mang (45 BC-23 AD), usurped power and reigned 9-23 between the former and later Han
wáng mǔ
(literary) paternal grandmother
Mǎ Wáng duī
Mawangdui in Changsha, Hunan, a recent Han dynasty archaeological site
Wáng Wǔ
Wang Wu, name for an unspecified person, third of a series of three: 張三|张三[Zhang1 San1], 李四[Li3 Si4], 王五 Tom, Dick and Harry
Wáng Bó
Wang Bo (650-676), Tang poet
Wáng Zhāo jūn
Wang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 漢元帝|汉元帝[Han4 Yuan2 di4], one of the Four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3]
xiān wáng
former kings
former emperors
in Confucian writing, refers esp. to the sage rulers Yao 堯|尧[Yao2], Shun 舜[Shun4], Yu 禹[Yu3], Tang 湯|汤[Tang1] and the kings of Zhou
wáng fǎ
the law
the law of the land
the law of a state (in former times)
criterion
Wáng yì
Wangyi District of Tongchuan City 銅川市|铜川市[Tong2 chuan1 Shi4], Shaanxi
qín Wáng
to serve the king diligently
to save the country in times of danger
to send troops to rescue the king
Xī wáng mǔ
Xi Wangmu, Queen Mother of the West, keeper of the peaches of immortality
popularly known as 王母娘娘
Wáng Xuǎn
Wang Xuan (1937-2006), Chinese printing industry innovator
Dài ān nà wáng fēi
Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997)
Zhōu Wǔ wáng
King Wu of Zhou (-1043), personal name Ji Fa 姬發|姬发, reigned 1046-1043 BC as first king of Western Zhou dynasty 1046-1043 BC
Yuè Wáng Gōu Jiàn
King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
Zhōu Wén Wáng
King Wen of Zhou state (c. 1152-1056 BC), reigned c. 1099-1056 BC as king of Zhou state, leading figure in building the subsequent Western Zhou dynasty, father of King Wu of Zhou 周武王 the first Zhou dynasty king
Wáng mǔ niáng niáng
another name for Xi Wangmu 西王母, Queen Mother of the West
Ā yù wáng
Ashoka (304-232 BC), Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty 孔雀王朝[Kong3 que4 Wang2 chao2], ruled 273-232 BC
chī bà wáng cān
to dine and dash
to leave without paying
Wáng Hóng wén
Wang Hongwen (1935-1992), one of the Gang of Four
Wáng Chōng
Wang Chong (27-97), rationalist and critical philosopher
Liú qiú wáng guó
Ryūkyū kingdom 1429-1879 (on modern Okinawa)
Dì zàng wáng Pú sà
Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi)
also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
Wáng mǎ
Wang code, same as 五筆字型|五笔字型[wu3 bi3 zi4 xing2], five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民[Wang2 Yong3 min2] in 1983
Wáng fū zhī
Wang Fuzhi (1619-1692), wide-ranging scholar of the Ming-Qing transition
Wáng Dǎo
Wang Dao (276-339), powerful official of Jin dynasty and brother of general Wang Dun 王敦, regent of Jin from 325
Yán luó Wáng
Yama, King of Hell
translation of Sanskrit: Yama Raja
Wéi duō lì yà nǚ wáng
Queen Victoria (reigned 1837-1901)
Hàn bǎo wáng
Burger King (fast food restaurant)
Chuǎng Wáng
Chuangwang or Roaming King, adopted name of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成 (1605-1645)
hùn shì mó wáng
devil incarnate (idiom)
fiend in human form
Wáng Jūn xiá
Wang Junxia (1973-), Chinese long-distance runner
Wǔ wáng fá Zhòu
King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrows tyrant Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 wang2]
Lǐ ěr wáng
King Lear, 1605 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
Wáng Yì fū
Wang Yifu (1960-), male PRC pistol shooter and Olympic medalist
Yán wáng yé
same as 閻羅王|阎罗王
Yama, King of Hell
translation of Sanskrit: Yama Raja
Sì zǐ wáng qí
Siziwang banner or Dörvön-xüüxed khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[Wu1 lan2 cha2 bu4], Inner Mongolia
Wáng Jiā ruì
Wang Jiarui (1949-), PRC politician and diplomat, from 2006 head of CPC central committee's external affairs department 對外聯絡部|对外联络部[dui4 wai4 lian2 luo4 bu4]
Zhōu wáng cháo
the Zhou dynasty from 1027 BC
Gōng qīn wáng
Grand Prince (Qing title)
Shì zōng dà wáng
Sejong the Great or Sejong Daewang (1397-1450), reigned 1418-1450 as fourth king of Joseon or Chosun dynasty, in whose reign the hangeul alphabet was invented
Chǔ Zhuāng wáng
King Zhuang of Chu (reigned 613-591 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
wáng huà
beneficial influence of the sovereign
Dū duó wáng cháo
Tudor dynasty, ruled England 1485-1603
Wáng Shí fǔ
Wang Shifu (fl. 1295-1307), author of Romance of the West Chamber 西廂記|西厢记
Zhuǎn lún Wáng
Chakravarti raja (Sanskrit: King of Kings)
emperor in Hindu mythology
Ài dé huá wáng zǐ dǎo
Prince Edward island, a province of Canada
Shāng Zhòu wáng
King Zhou of Shang (11th century BC), notorious as a cruel tyrant
Yǔ wáng tái
Yuwangtai district of Kaifeng city 開封市|开封市[Kai1 feng1 shi4], Henan
Qí Xuān wáng
King Xuan of Qi (reigned 342-324 BC)
Zào wáng
Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen
also written 灶神
Zhōu Mù Wáng
King Mu, fifth king of Zhou, said to have lived to 105 and reigned 976-922 BC or 1001-947 BC, rich in associated mythology
Wáng yì qū
Wangyi district of Tóngchuān city 銅川市|铜川市[Tóng chuān shì], Shǎnxī
Xī lǜ wáng
King Herod (in the biblical nativity story)
qín zéi qín wáng
to defeat the enemy by capturing their chief (idiom)
Xià wáng cháo
Xia dynasty, unconfirmed but placed at c. 2070-c. 1600 BC
Zhōu Xuān wáng
King Xuan, eleventh King of Zhou, reigned (828-782 BC)
Tǔ bō wáng cháo
the Tibetan Tubo dynasty 7th-11th century AD
Wáng Shì chōng
Wang Shichong (-621), general of late Sui and opponent of early Tang
Wáng tài hòu
Queen Dowager (in Europe)
widowed queen
Queen mother
Wáng Sù
Wang Su (c. 195-256), classical scholar of Cao Wei dynasty, believed to have forged several classical texts
Hé lán wáng guó
Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Gāo lí wáng cháo
Korean Goryeo 고려 dynasty, 918-1392
Wáng Dūn
Wang Dun (266-324), powerful general of Jin dynasty and brother of civil official Wang Dao 王導|王导, subsequently rebellious warlord 322-324
Wú wáng Hé Lǘ
King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
also called 吳王闔廬|吴王阖庐
Wáng Zhù
Wang Zhu (-c. 990), Song calligrapher and writer
Wáng Yǒng mín
Wang Yongmin (1943-), inventor of the five stroke input method 五筆輸入法|五笔输入法[wu3 bi3 shu1 ru4 fa3]
Kǒng què wáng cháo
Maurya dynasty of India (322-185 BC)
wáng pó mài guā , zì mài zì kuā
every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
all one's geese are swans
Yǔ wáng tái qū
Yuwangtai district of Kaifeng city 開封市|开封市[Kai1 feng1 shi4], Henan
Kāi zhāng shèng wáng
Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou, posthumous title of Tang dynasty general Chen Yuanguang (657-711) 陳元光|陈元光[Chen2 Yuan2 guang1]
bà wáng biān
a rattle stick used in folk dancing
rattle stick dance
Wáng Qīn ruò
Wang Qinruo (962-1025), Northern Song dynasty official
Wáng Yǔ chēng
Wang Yucheng (954-1001) Song dynasty literary figure
Zhuàn lún shèng Wáng
Chakravarti raja (Sanskrit: King of Kings)
emperor in Hindu mythology
Wáng shū wén
Wang Shuwen (735-806), famous Tang dynasty scholar, Go player and politician, a leader of failed Yongzhen reform 永貞革新|永贞革新 of 805
Wáng Shì zhēn
Wang Shizhen (1634-1711), early Qing poet
Xiào chéng Wáng
King Xiaocheng of Zhao 趙國|赵国, reigned 266-245 BC
wáng gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā
the king looked left and right and then talked of other things
to digress from the topic of discussion (idiom)
Dōng wáng gōng
Mu Kung or Tung Wang Kung, God of the Immortals (Taoism)
Zhào Huì wén Wáng
King Huiwen of Zhao 趙國|赵国, reigned 298-266 BC during the Warring States Period
Mò wò r wáng cháo
Mughal or Mogul dynasty (1526-1858)
Qín Huì wén Wáng
King Huiwen of Qin 秦國|秦国, ruled 338-211 BC during the Warring States Period
Ā bá sī wáng cháo
Abbasid Empire (750-1258), successor of the Umayyad caliphate
Sà shān wáng cháo
Sassanid empire of Persia (c. 2nd-7th century AD)
lǎo wáng mài guā , zì mài zì kuā
every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
all one's geese are swans
Zhāng Wáng Lǐ Zhào
anyone
Mr Average
any Tom, Dick or Harry
Wáng Xiān zhī
Wang Xianzhi, peasant leader during Huang Chao peasant uprising 黃巢起義|黄巢起义 875-884 in late Tang
Zhōu Wǔ wáng Jī Fā
King Wu of Zhou, personal name Ji Fa, reigned 1046-1043 BC as first king of Western Zhou dynasty 西周[Xi1 Zhou1] 1046-771 BC
Shī xīn wáng Lǐ chá
Richard the Lionheart (1157-1199), King Richard I of England 1189-1199
Wáng Xī mèng
Wang Ximeng (c. 1096-c. 1119), Song artist, probably teenage prodigy who died young, painter of Thousand Miles of Landscape 千里江山
Wáng Shū wén
Wang Shuwen (personal name)
Wō mǎ yà wáng cháo
Umayyad empire (661-750, in Iberia -1031), successor of the Rashidun caliphate
Jié Wáng
King Jie, the final ruler of the Xia dynasty (until c. 1600 BC), a notoriously cruel and immoral tyrant
Wú wáng Hé Lú
King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC)
also called 吳王闔閭|吴王阖闾
Sū gé lán nǚ wáng Mǎ lì
Mary Queen of Scots (1542-87)
Wáng Xīn líng
Cyndi Wang (1982-), Taiwanese singer and actress
Sì zǐ wáng
Siziwang banner or Dörvön-xüüxed khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[Wu1 lan2 cha2 bu4], Inner Mongolia
Shòu wáng fén
Shouwangfen town, in Chengde 承德市[Cheng2 de2 shi4], Hebei
Chuǎng Wáng líng
mausoleum to late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成 (who styled himself Chuang Wang): one in Jiugongshan 九宫山 nature reserve, Tongshan county, Xianning prefecture, Hubei, and another in Shimen 石门, Changde 常德, Hunan, built starting in 1980
Gōng qīn wáng Yì xīn
Grand Prince Yixin (1833-1898), sixth son of Emperor Daoguang, prominent politician, diplomat and modernizer in late Qing
Qí Mǐn wáng
King Min of Qi (reigned 323-284 BC)
Dào xiāng Wáng
King Daoxiang of Zhao 趙國|赵国, reigned 245-236 BC
Tán jūn wáng
Tangun, legendary founder of Korea in 2333 BC
Xīn luó wáng cháo
Silla, Korean kingdom 57 BC-935 AD
one of the Korean Three Kingdoms from 1st century AD, defeating its rivals Paikche 百濟|百济[Bǎi jì] and Koguryo 高句麗|高句丽[Gāo jù lí] around 660 in alliance with Tang China
unified Silla 658-935
Nà bù lè sī wáng guó
Kingdom of Naples (1282-1860)
Wáng Dài yú
Wang Daiyu (1584-1670), Hui Islamic scholar of the Ming-Qing transition
Pú gān wáng cháo
Bagan (Pagan) Dynasty of Myanmar (Burma), 1044-1287
Sà fēi wáng cháo
Persian Safavid dynasty 1501-1722
xiān wáng zhī yuè
the music of former kings
dì wáng pǔ
list of emperors and kings
dynastic genealogy
Hēi hàn wáng cháo
Karakhan dynasty of central Asia, 8th-10th century
Wáng pī
Wang Pi (-c. 806), Tang dynasty chancellor and a leader of failed Yongzhen reform 永貞革新|永贞革新 of 805
Kā lā hàn wáng cháo
Karakhan dynasty of central Asia, 8th-10th century
Bà wáng zhī dào
the Way of the Hegemon
despotic rule
abbr. to 霸道
Zhāng sān , Lǐ sì , Wáng wǔ , Zhào liù
four proverbial names
Tom, Dick and Harry
Shòu wáng fén zhèn
Shouwangfen town, in Chengde 承德市[Cheng2 de2 shi4], Hebei
Tuō lè mì Wáng
Ptolemy, kings of Egypt after the partition of Alexander the Great's Empire in 305 BC
Sà sāng wáng cháo
Sassanid empire of Persia (c. 2nd-7th century AD)
Ā hēi mén ní dé wáng cháo
Achaemenid empire of Persian (559-330 BC)
Shā fǎ wéi wáng cháo
Persian Safavid dynasty 1501-1722
Jiǎn wú gē wáng cháo
the Ankor Dynasty of Cambodia, 802-1431
zì yóu wáng guó
realm of freedom (philosophy)
Lǎo Wáng mài guā , zì mài zì kuā
every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
all one's geese are swans
Wéi duō lì yà Nǚ wáng
Queen Victoria (reigned 1837-1901)
shén nǚ yǒu xīn , Xiāng Wáng wú mèng
lit. the fairy is willing, but King Xiang doesn't dream (idiom)
(said of a woman's unrequited love)
Wáng Zǔ xián
Joey Wong (1967-), Taiwanese actress
Wáng yì Qū
Wangyi District of Tongchuan City 銅川市|铜川市[Tong2 chuan1 Shi4], Shaanxi
Wáng mǔ
another name for 西王母[Xi1 wang2 mu3], Queen Mother of the West
Wáng Bì
Wang Bi (226-249), Chinese neo-Daoist philosopher
Wáng Qí shān
Wang Qishan (1948-), PRC politician
wáng pó mài guā , zì mài zì kuā
every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
all one's geese are swans
Wáng Fū zhī
Wang Fuzhi (1619-1692), wide-ranging scholar of the Ming-Qing transition
Wáng guó Jù huì suǒ
Kingdom Hall (place of worship used by Jehovah's Witnesses)
Wáng Jūn rú
Cyndi Wang (1982-), Taiwanese singer and actress
Wáng Shū wén
Wang Shuwen (735-806), famous Tang dynasty scholar, Go player and politician, a leader of failed Yongzhen Reform 永貞革新|永贞革新[Yong3 zhen1 Ge2 xin1] of 805
Wáng Lì xióng
Wang Lixiong (1953-), Chinese writer, author of Yellow Peril 黃禍|黄祸[Huang2 huo4]
Mò wò ér Wáng cháo
Mughal or Mogul Dynasty (1526-1858)
Pú gān Wáng cháo
Bagan (Pagan) Dynasty of Myanmar (Burma), 1044-1287
Sà sāng Wáng cháo
Sassanid Empire of Persia (c. 2nd-7th century AD)
hēi zhěn wáng wēng
(bird species of China) black-naped monarch (Hypothymis azurea)
Gāo lí Wáng cháo
Korean Goryeo 고려 Dynasty, 918-1392
Luò Bīn wáng
Luo Binwang (640-684),Tang poet
Gù Yě wáng
Gu Yewang (519-581), historian and an interpreter of classical texts, editor of Yupian 玉篇[Yu4 pian1]
bà wáng yìng shàng gōng
to force oneself upon sb (idiom)
to rape
Ā hēi mén ní dé Wáng cháo
Achaemenid Empire of Persian (559-330 BC)
Ā bá sī Wáng cháo
Abbasid Empire (750-1258), successor of the Umayyad caliphate
Yán wáng hǎo jiàn , xiǎo guǐ nán dāng
lit. standing in front of the King of Hell is easy, but smaller devils are difficult to deal with (idiom)
Jīn bà wáng
Duracell (US brand of batteries etc)
Dū duó Wáng cháo
Tudor Dynasty, ruled England 1485-1603
jiàn Yán wáng
to meet one's Maker
to die
Sū gé lán Nǚ wáng Mǎ lì
Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-87)
Sà fēi Wáng cháo
Persian Safavid Dynasty 1501-1722
Sà shān Wáng cháo
Sassanid Empire of Persia (c. 2nd-7th century AD)
Hēi hán Wáng cháo
Karakhan Dynasty of central Asia, 8th-10th century
Wáng Lì hóng
Wang Lee-Hom (1976-), Taiwanese-American singer
fēng wáng
to win the championship
(of an emperor) to bestow the title of king on a subject
Kǒng què Wáng cháo
Maurya Dynasty of India (322-185 BC)
dà shuǐ chōng le Lóng Wáng miào
lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom)
fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person
a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other
sù liào wáng
"super plastic" (term used to refer to Teflon)
Kā lā hán Wáng cháo
Karakhan dynasty of central Asia, 8th-10th century
Zhōu Mù wáng
King Mu, fifth king of Zhou, said to have lived to 105 and reigned 976-922 BC or 1001-947 BC, rich in associated mythology
Zhōu Wén wáng
King Wen of Zhou state (c. 1152-1056 BC), reigned c. 1099-1056 BC as king of Zhou state, leading figure in building the subsequent Western Zhou dynasty, father of King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] the first Zhou dynasty king
Zhōu Chéng wáng
King Cheng of Zhou (1055-1021 BC), reigned 1042-1021 BC as the 2nd king of Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1], son of King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2]
Zhōu Yōu wáng
King You of Zhou (795-771 BC), last king of Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1]
Wú wáng Hé Lǘ
King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
also called 吳王闔廬|吴王阖庐
Tǔ bō Wáng cháo
Tibetan Tubo Dynasty 7th-11th century AD
qín wáng
to serve the king diligently
to save the country in times of danger
to send troops to rescue the king
Wō mǎ yà Wáng cháo
Umayyad Empire (661-750, in Iberia -1031), successor of the Rashidun caliphate
Xī lǜ wáng
King Herod (in the biblical nativity story)
bì rán wáng guó
realm of necessity (philosophy)
Wáng Lì
Wang Li (1900-1986), one of the pioneers of modern Chinese linguistics
wáng gōng
princes and dukes
aristocrat
wáng bā dú zi
see 王八羔子[wang2 ba1 gao1 zi5]
Wáng Guāng liáng
Michael Wong (1970-), Malaysian Chinese singer and composer
wáng bù liú xíng
cowherb (Vaccaria segetalis)
cowherb seeds (used in TCM)
Zào wáng yé
Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen
also written 灶神
Téng wáng Gé
Tengwang Tower in Nanchang, Jiangxi
one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼[Yue4 yang2 Lou2] in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼[Huang2 he4 Lou2] in Wuhan, Hubei
Shā fǎ wéi Wáng cháo
Persian Safavid Dynasty 1501-1722
Chǔ Huái wáng
King Huai of Chu (reigned 328-299 BC)
later King Huai of Chu (reigned 208-205 BC)
Jiǎn wú gē Wáng cháo
Ankor Dynasty of Cambodia, 802-1431
Xīn luó Wáng cháo
Silla, Korean kingdom 57 BC-935 AD
one of the Korean Three Kingdoms from 1st century AD, defeating its rivals Paikche 百濟|百济[Bai3 ji4] and Koguryo 高句麗|高句丽[Gao1 gou1 li2] around 660 in alliance with Tang China
unified Silla 658-935
chéng zhě wéi wáng , bài zhě wéi kòu
see 成則為王,敗則為寇|成则为王,败则为寇[cheng2 ze2 wei2 wang2 , bai4 ze2 wei2 kou4]
chéng wáng bài kòu
see 成則為王,敗則為寇|成则为王,败则为寇[cheng2 ze2 wei2 wang2 , bai4 ze2 wei2 kou4]
chéng zé wéi wáng , bài zé wéi kòu
lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom)
fig. losers are always in the wrong
Ài dé huá Wáng zǐ Dǎo
Prince Edward Island (province of Canada)
Shì zōng Dà wáng
Sejong the Great or Sejong Daewang (1397-1450), reigned 1418-1450 as fourth king of Joseon or Chosun dynasty, in whose reign the hangeul alphabet was invented