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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *王* | 王* | *王
king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great
HSK 4
queen / CL: 個|个,
HSK 6
king
HSK 6
prince / son of a king
HSK 6
kingdom / realm
HSK 7-9
(card games) trump card / (fig.) ace; star player; top performer; best asset; secret weapon
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *王* | 王* | *王
surname Wang
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *王* | 王* | *王
(literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)
Wang Dan (1969-), Chinese dissident, one of the leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement of 1989
queen
Wang Qishan (1948-), PRC politician
Xi Wangmu, Queen Mother of the West, keeper of the peaches of immortality / popularly known as 王母娘娘
dynasty
regent / monarch
throne
boxing champion
stage name of Cyndi Wang / see 王君如
crown
prince's mansion
king / magnate / person having expert skill in something
robber baron (in opera, old stories) / magnate
Wang Hongwen (1935-1992), one of the Gang of Four
Wang Chong (27-97), rationalist and critical philosopher
Dragon King (mythology)
King Zhuang of Chu (reigned 613-591 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
emperor / god / Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title / see also 洪秀全
Neptune (planet)
Wangfujing, a shopping district in Beijing, known for its pedestrian street, luxury brands, traditional stores and vibrant food markets
Ashoka (304-232 BC), Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty 孔雀王朝, ruled 273-232 BC
devil king / evil person
hegemon / overlord / despot
The Conqueror Bids Farewell to His Favorite Concubine (tragic opera by Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳) / Farewell My Concubine (1993 film by Chen Kaige)
queen bee
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
imperial palace
royalty / royal power
title of king / kingship
prince / marquis / nobleman
chess champion
the Way of the King / statecraft / benevolent rule / virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道
Poseidon, Greek god of the sea / Neptune, Roman god of the sea / Aquaman, DC comic book superhero / (slang) womanizer / player
Wangyi District of Tongchuan City 銅川市|铜川市, Shaanxi
Sakyamuni
aristocracy
princess (in Europe)
Gyuumao
princes and dukes / aristocrat
Mawangdui in Changsha, Hunan, a recent Han dynasty archaeological site
prince
the king of hell
sovereign king
children of the nobility
royal family / royal household
a Prince Charming; the man of one's dreams
Wanglaoji (beverage brand)
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell / (fig.) cruel and tyrannical person
Uranus (planet)
devil incarnate (idiom) / fiend in human form
crown prince
Siziwang banner or Dörvön-xüüxed khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布, Inner Mongolia
bachelor (lit. fifth child of the Wangs)
softshell turtle / cuckold / (old) male owner of a brothel
Chuangwang or Roaming King, adopted name of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成 (1605-1645)
the law / the law of the land / the law of a state (in former times) / criterion
another name for 西王母, Queen Mother of the West
(literary) paternal grandmother
cowherb (Vaccaria segetalis) / cowherb seeds (used in TCM)
Aqua regia
Yuwangtai district of Kaifeng city 開封市|开封市, Henan
Chakravarti raja (Sanskrit: King of Kings) / emperor in Hindu mythology
Wang code, same as 五筆字型|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
(idiom) to defeat the enemy by capturing their leader
Duracell (US brand of batteries etc)
every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans
royal jelly
Grand Prince (Qing title)
Wang Xiaobo (1952-1997), scholar and novelist
sage ruler
Wang Ying (character in the "Water Margin")
One Piece (manga and anime)
sage kings
Wang Nan (1978-), female PRC table tennis player, Olympic medalist
Street Fighter (video game series)
Wang Yi (1953-), PRC foreign minister (2013-) and state councilor (2018-)
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 Mang (45 BC-23 AD), usurped power and reigned 9-23 between the former and later Han
former sovereigns
Wang Meng (325-375), prime minister to Fu Jian 苻堅|苻坚 of Former Qin 前秦
to serve the king diligently / to save the country in times of danger / to send troops to rescue the king
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
(coll.) person who makes people laugh; funny guy
Wang Ping (1962-2013), PRC crosstalk actor
Wayne Wang (1949-), Chinese US film director
Joey Wong (1967-), Taiwanese actress
beneficial influence of the sovereign
Wang Shuo (1958-), Chinese writer, director and actor
Wang Zhen (1908-1993), Chinese political figure
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
Wang Can (177-217), poet, generally regarded as the most brilliant of "the seven masters of Jian'an" 建安
Wang Bi (226-249), Chinese neo-Daoist philosopher

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