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王
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Definitions
- 1. king or monarch
- 2. best or strongest of its type
- 3. grand
- 4. great
Example Sentences
1 shown王 手！
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Words Containing 王
Wang Anshi (1021-1086), Song dynasty politician and writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家
Gu Yewang (519-581), historian and an interpreter of classical texts, editor of Yupian 玉篇[yù piān]
Neptune (planet)
Wang Zhen (1908-1993), Chinese political figure
Wang Wu, name for an unspecified person, third of a series of three: 張三|张三[zhāng sān], 李四[lǐ sì], 王五 Tom, Dick and Harry
Elvis Presley (1935-1977), US pop singer and film star
Richard the Lionheart (1157-1199), King Richard I of England 1189-1199
King Huiwen of Zhao 趙國|赵国, reigned 298-266 BC during the Warring States Period
every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
Grand Prince Yixin (1833-1898), sixth son of Emperor Daoguang, prominent politician, diplomat and modernizer in late Qing
Wang code, same as 五筆字型|五笔字型[wǔ bǐ zì xíng], five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民[wáng yǒng mín] in 1983
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
Wang Lixiong (1953-), Chinese writer, author of Yellow Peril 黃禍|黄祸[huáng huò]
Silla, Korean kingdom 57 BC-935 AD
bachelor (lit. fifth child of the Wangs)
Street Fighter (video game series)
Dragon King (mythology)
Michael Wong (1970-), Malaysian Chinese singer and composer
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
crown prince
to dine and dash
Chakravarti raja (Sanskrit: King of Kings)
Queen Victoria (reigned 1837-1901)
The Conqueror Bids Farewell to His Favorite Concubine (tragic opera by Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[méi lán fāng])
aristocracy
Wang Shichong (-621), general of late Sui and opponent of early Tang
Ryūkyū kingdom 1429-1879 (on modern Okinawa)
lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom)
First book of Kings
Grand Prince (Qing title)
princess (in Europe)
Tibetan Tubo Dynasty 7th-11th century AD
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
Ptolemy, kings of Egypt after the partition of Alexander the Great's Empire in 305 BC
One Piece (manga and anime)
title of king
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
Wanglaoji (beverage brand)
Wang Dao (276-339), powerful official of Jin dynasty and brother of general Wang Dun 王敦, regent of Jin from 325
Tengwang Tower in Nanchang, Jiangxi
Mughal or Mogul Dynasty (1526-1858)
tortoise
princely
King Zhuang of Chu (reigned 613-591 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
regent
Wangfujing neighborhood of central Beijing, famous for shopping
cowherb (Vaccaria segetalis)
regent
devil king
sovereign king
Wang Zhizhi (1977-), former Chinese basketball player
Maurya Dynasty of India (322-185 BC)
Wang Yongmin (1943-), inventor of the five stroke input method 五筆輸入法|五笔输入法[wǔ bǐ shū rù fǎ]
Shouwangfen town, in Chengde 承德市[chéng dé shì], Hebei
mausoleum to the late-Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成[lǐ zè chéng], nicknamed Dashing King 闖王|闯王[chuǎng wáng]
Joey Wong (1967-), Taiwanese actress
see 勝者王侯敗者寇|胜者王侯败者寇[shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu]
princes and dukes
(law) unfair clause
Second book of Kings
lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom)
Wang Shifu (fl. 1295-1307), author of Romance of the West Chamber 西廂記|西厢记
Duracell (US brand of batteries etc)
Wang Jiarui (1949-), PRC politician and diplomat, head of CCP central committee's international liaison department 對外聯絡部|对外联络部[duì wài lián luò bù] 2003-2015
Ashoka (304-232 BC), Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty 孔雀王朝[kǒng què wáng cháo], ruled 273-232 BC
the rule of former kings
King Xuan of Qi (reigned 342-324 BC)
the Way of the King
Chakravarti raja (Sanskrit: King of Kings)
King Min of Qi (reigned 323-284 BC)
emperor
Umayyad Empire (661-750, in Iberia -1031), successor of the Rashidun caliphate
Xi Wangmu, Queen Mother of the West, keeper of the peaches of immortality
King Xiaocheng of Zhao 趙國|赵国, reigned 266-245 BC
Yuwangtai district of Kaifeng city 開封市|开封市[kāi fēng shì], Henan
royal family
list of emperors and kings
Siziwang banner or Dörvön-xüüxed khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[wū lán chá bù], Inner Mongolia
the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
Wang Xiaobo (1952-1997), scholar and novelist
Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou, posthumous title of Tang dynasty general Chen Yuanguang (657-711) 陳元光|陈元光[chén yuán guāng]
Wang Bo (650-676), one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰[chū táng sì jié]
First book of Kings
Korean Goryeo Dynasty, 918-1392
aristocracy
Wang Shizhen (1634-1711), early Qing poet
Wang Bi (226-249), Chinese neo-Daoist philosopher
Wang Nan (1978-), female PRC table tennis player, Olympic medalist
bastard (insult)
Tudor Dynasty, ruled England 1485-1603
eating champion
son of a bitch
Kingdom of Naples (1282-1860)
Cyndi Wang (1982-), Taiwanese singer and actress
\super plastic\ (term used to refer to Teflon)
Mr Wang from next door (term used jocularly to refer to a neighbor who is supposedly sleeping with one's wife)
Wang Qishan (1948-), PRC politician
Second book of Kings
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
prince
royal jelly
realm of freedom (philosophy)
the Way of the Hegemon
Wayne Wang (1949-), Chinese US film director
United Kingdom
see 王八羔子[wáng bā gāo zi]
Wang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 漢元帝|汉元帝[hàn yuán dì], one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[sì dà měi nu:3]
King Arthur
emperor penguin
King Wu of Zhou 周武王[zhōu wǔ wáng] overthrows tyrant Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[shāng zhòu wáng]
Wang Meng (325-375), prime minister to Fu Jian 苻堅|苻坚[fú jiān] of Former Qin 前秦[qián qín]
Wang Yi (1953-), PRC foreign minister (2013-) and state councilor (2018-)
prince's mansion
the music of former kings
Poseidon, Greek god of the sea
Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi)
Kingdom Hall (place of worship used by Jehovah's Witnesses)
to serve the king diligently
Yama, King of Hell
another name for 西王母[xī wáng mǔ], Queen Mother of the West
Wangyi District of Tongchuan City 銅川市|铜川市[tóng chuān shì], Shaanxi
Wang Hongwen (1935-1992), one of the Gang of Four
Burger King (fast food restaurant)
every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
Prince Charming
King Daoxiang of Zhao 趙國|赵国, reigned 245-236 BC
Wang Shuo (1958-), Chinese writer, director and actor
throne
Wang Qinruo (962-1025), Northern Song dynasty official
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[xī yóu jì]
chess champion
prince
four proverbial names
Cepheus (constellation)
king
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[yǒng zhēn gé xīn] of 805
King Jie, the final ruler of the Xia dynasty (until c. 1600 BC), a notoriously cruel and immoral tyrant
Pluto (dwarf planet)
King Cheng of Zhou (1055-1021 BC), reigned 1042-1021 BC as the 2nd king of Western Zhou 西周[xī zhōu], son of King Wu of Zhou 周武王[zhōu wǔ wáng]
trump card
Siziwang banner or Dörvön-xüüxed khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[wū lán chá bù], Inner Mongolia
Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
United Kingdom
Wang Guowei (1877-1927), noted scholar
Yu-Gi-Oh!
royalty
Wang Yangming (1472-1529), Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, influential in the School of Mind 心學|心学[xīn xué]
Wang Chong (27-97), rationalist and critical philosopher
the pagoda bearing god
Uranus (planet)
Persian Safavid Dynasty 1501-1722
Wang Can (177-217), poet, generally regarded as the most brilliant of \the seven masters of Jian'an\ 建安[jiàn ān]
Wang Li (1900-1986), one of the pioneers of modern Chinese linguistics
Achaemenid Empire of Persian (559-330 BC)
Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen
Satan, Devil king
Persian Safavid Dynasty 1501-1722
Tyrannosaurus rex
the four heavenly kings (Sanskrit vajra)
hegemon
Wang Yifu (1960-), male PRC pistol shooter and Olympic medalist
Wang Liqin (1978-), former PRC table tennis player, Olympic medalist
prince
rattle stick dance
Aqua regia
(bird species of China) black-naped monarch (Hypothymis azurea)
Shouwangfen town, in Chengde 承德市[chéng dé shì], Hebei
kingdom
lit. the fairy is willing, but King Xiang doesn't dream (idiom)
same as 閻羅王|阎罗王
Wangyi District of Tongchuan City 銅川市|铜川市[tóng chuān shì], Shaanxi
Wong Kar-wai (1956-), Hong Kong film director
Mu Kung or Tung Wang Kung, God of the Immortals (Taoism)
queen
the way of former kings
King Zhou of Shang (11th century BC), notorious as a cruel tyrant
queen bee
King Huiwen of Qin 秦國|秦国, ruled 338-311 BC during the Warring States Period
King You of Zhou (795-771 BC), last king of Western Zhou 西周[xī zhōu]
the king looked left and right and then talked of other things
Xia dynasty, unconfirmed but placed at c. 2070-c. 1600 BC
Wang Ximeng (c. 1096-c. 1119), Song artist, probably teenage prodigy who died young, painter of Thousand Miles of Landscape 千里江山
Wang Su (c. 195-256), classical scholar of Cao Wei dynasty, believed to have forged several classical texts
Cesarean section
to win the championship
highly eligible bachelor
the king of hell
Queen Dowager (in Europe)
to meet one's Maker
King Wu of Zhou, personal name Ji Fa, reigned 1046-1043 BC as first king of Western Zhou dynasty 西周[xī zhōu] 1046-771 BC
Wang Yucheng (954-1001) Song dynasty literary figure
King Xuan, eleventh King of Zhou, reigned (828-782 BC)
same as 閻羅王|阎罗王
Sassanid Empire of Persia (c. 2nd-7th century AD)
King Huai of Chu (reigned 328-299 BC)
Wang Junxia (1973-), Chinese long-distance runner
Madagascar palm (Pachypodium lamerei)
to force oneself upon sb (idiom)
Luo Binwang (640-684), one of Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰[chū táng sì jié]
the pagoda bearing god
see 成則為王，敗則為寇|成则为王，败则为寇[chéng zé wéi wáng , bài zé wéi kòu]
Wang Wei (701-761), Tang Dynasty poet
Wang Ping (1962-2013), PRC crosstalk actor
United Kingdom
Wang Lee-Hom (1976-), Taiwanese-American singer
Wang Xianzhi, peasant leader during Huang Chao peasant uprising 黃巢起義|黄巢起义 875-884 in late Tang
Chuangwang or Roaming King, adopted name of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成 (1605-1645)
Sassanid Empire of Persia (c. 2nd-7th century AD)
Wang Xuan (1937-2006), Chinese printing industry innovator
King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC)
queen
Bagan (Pagan) Dynasty of Myanmar (Burma), 1044-1287
children of the nobility
Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-87)
the law
sage kings
imperial palace
King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
Yuwangtai district of Kaifeng city 開封市|开封市[kāi fēng shì], Henan
Karakhan Dynasty of central Asia, 8th-10th century
Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997)
another name for Xi Wangmu 西王母, Queen Mother of the West
boxing champion
to defeat the enemy by capturing their chief (idiom)
crown
devil incarnate (idiom)
in the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king (idiom)
King David
Kingdom of Nepal
sage ruler
royal jelly
dynasty
anyone
Abbasid Empire (750-1258), successor of the Umayyad caliphate
stage name of Cyndi Wang
Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen
Gyuumao
Ankor Dynasty of Cambodia, 802-1431
Prince Edward Island (province of Canada)
King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
(coll.) person who makes people laugh; funny guy
Wang Daiyu (1584-1670), Hui Islamic scholar of the Ming-Qing transition
Wang Ying (character in the \Water Margin\)
King Lear, 1605 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
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[zhōu wǔ wáng] the first Zhou dynasty king
Karakhan dynasty of central Asia, 8th-10th century
lit. standing in front of the King of Hell is easy, but smaller devils are difficult to deal with (idiom)
Herod the Great (73 BC - 4 BC), Roman-appointed king of Judea (37-4 BC)
Tangun, legendary founder of Korea in 2333 BC
see 成則為王，敗則為寇|成则为王，败则为寇[chéng zé wéi wáng , bài zé wéi kòu]
Wang Xizhi (303-361), famous calligrapher of Eastern Jin, known as the sage of calligraphy 書聖|书圣
Wang Zhu (-c. 990), Song calligrapher and writer
beneficial influence of the sovereign
realm of necessity (philosophy)
Faye Wong (1969-), Hong Kong pop star and actress
Mawangdui in Changsha, Hunan, a recent Han dynasty archaeological site
Wang Pi (-c. 806), Tang dynasty chancellor and a leader of failed Yongzhen reform 永貞革新|永贞革新 of 805
former kings
Chien-Ming Wang (1980-), Taiwanese starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals in Major League Baseball
royal jelly
Sakyamuni
Wang Dan (1969-), Chinese dissident, one of the leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement of 1989
the Zhou dynasty from 1027 BC
Wang Mang (45 BC-23 AD), usurped power and reigned 9-23 between the former and later Han
Wang Fuzhi (1619-1692), wide-ranging scholar of the Ming-Qing transition
king
magnate