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  *王* | 王* | *王
king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great
HSK 4
prince / son of a king
HSK 6
queen / CL: 個|个,
HSK 6
Wang Shuo (1958-), Chinese writer, director and actor
bastard; son of a bitch
Wang Yangming (1472-1529), Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, influential in the School of Mind 心學|心学
Wangfujing, a shopping district in Beijing, known for its pedestrian street, luxury brands, traditional stores and vibrant food markets
Wang Qishan (1948-), PRC politician
throne
Wang Yongmin (1943-), inventor of the five stroke input method 五筆輸入法|五笔输入法
Wang Anshi (1021-1086), Song dynasty politician and writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家
Wong Kar-wai (1956-), Hong Kong film director
royal family / royal household
Wang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 漢元帝|汉元帝, one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女
the Way of the King / statecraft / benevolent rule / virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道
Wanglaoji (beverage brand)
Faye Wong (1969-), Hong Kong pop star and actress
another name for Xi Wangmu 西王母, Queen Mother of the West
Wang Xizhi (303-361), famous calligrapher of Eastern Jin, known as the sage of calligraphy 書聖|书圣
Wang Wei (701-761), Tang Dynasty poet
Wang Lee-Hom (1976-), Taiwanese-American singer
aristocracy
aristocracy
Wang Bo (650-676), one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰
stage name of Cyndi Wang / see 王君如
(card games) trump card / (fig.) ace; star player; top performer; best asset; secret weapon
HSK 7-9
Cyndi Wang (1982-), Taiwanese singer and actress
every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans
prince / marquis / nobleman
princess (in Europe)
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *王* | 王* | *王
surname Wang
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *王* | 王* | *王
(literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)
Wang Liqin (1978-), former PRC table tennis player, Olympic medalist
title of king / kingship
Wang Ping (1962-2013), PRC crosstalk actor
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 Yi (1953-), PRC foreign minister (2013-) and state councilor (2018-)
Wang Yucheng (954-1001) Song dynasty literary figure
Wang Dan (1969-), Chinese dissident, one of the leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement of 1989
dynasty
softshell turtle / cuckold / (old) male owner of a brothel
Wang Bi (226-249), Chinese neo-Daoist philosopher
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
children of the nobility
the law / the law of the land / the law of a state (in former times) / criterion
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
Wang Nan (1978-), female PRC table tennis player, Olympic medalist
Joey Wong (1967-), Taiwanese actress
Wang Li (1900-1986), one of the pioneers of modern Chinese linguistics
Wang Junxia (1973-), Chinese long-distance runner
crown
crown prince
Wang Hongwen (1935-1992), one of the Gang of Four
bachelor (lit. fifth child of the Wangs)
Wang Shifu (fl. 1295-1307), author of Romance of the West Chamber 西廂記|西厢记
Wang Lixiong (1953-), Chinese writer, author of Yellow Peril 黃禍|黄祸
both jokers, the unbeatable play in the card game "dou dizhu" 鬥地主|斗地主 / (fig.) powerful move that stuns everyone; a total game-changer
imperial palace
Wang Dao (276-339), powerful official of Jin dynasty and brother of general Wang Dun 王敦, regent of Jin from 325
cowherb (Vaccaria segetalis) / cowherb seeds (used in TCM)
Wang Wu, name for an unspecified person, third of a series of three: 張三|张三, 李四, 王五 Tom, Dick and Harry
Wang Chong (27-97), rationalist and critical philosopher
Wang Ximeng (c. 1096-c. 1119), Song artist, probably teenage prodigy who died young, painter of Thousand Miles of Landscape 千里江山
kingdom / realm
HSK 7-9
another name for 西王母, Queen Mother of the West
(literary) paternal grandmother
princes and dukes / aristocrat
royalty / royal power
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
Wang Ying (character in the "Water Margin")
Queen Dowager (in Europe) / widowed queen / Queen mother
princely
abbr. for Wang Bo 王勃, Yang Jiong 楊炯|杨炯, Lu Zhaolin 盧照鄰|卢照邻, and Luo Binwang 駱賓王|骆宾王, the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang
Wang Yifu (1960-), male PRC pistol shooter and Olympic medalist
Wang Shichong (-621), general of late Sui and opponent of early Tang
Wang Guowei (1877-1927), noted scholar
Wang Xiaobo (1952-1997), scholar and novelist
Wang Daiyu (1584-1670), Hui Islamic scholar of the Ming-Qing transition
Wang Zhizhi (1977-), former Chinese basketball player
Wang Pi (-c. 806), Tang dynasty chancellor and a leader of failed Yongzhen reform 永貞革新|永贞革新 of 805
Wayne Wang (1949-), Chinese US film director
Wang Shizhen (1634-1711), early Qing poet
Wang Can (177-217), poet, generally regarded as the most brilliant of "the seven masters of Jian'an" 建安
Wang Xianzhi, peasant leader during Huang Chao peasant uprising 黃巢起義|黄巢起义 875-884 in late Tang
Aqua regia
Wang Meng (325-375), prime minister to Fu Jian 苻堅|苻坚 of Former Qin 前秦
Wang Zhen (1908-1993), Chinese political figure
Kingdom Hall (place of worship used by Jehovah's Witnesses)
Wangyi District of Tongchuan City 銅川市|铜川市, Shaanxi
Wangyi District of Tongchuan City 銅川市|铜川市, Shaanxi
Wang Qinruo (962-1025), Northern Song dynasty official
beneficial influence of the sovereign
Wang Xuan (1937-2006), Chinese printing industry innovator
prince's mansion
Wang Su (c. 195-256), classical scholar of Cao Wei dynasty, believed to have forged several classical texts
Wang Zhu (-c. 990), Song calligrapher and writer


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