东王公 | Dōng wáng gōng | Mu Kung or Tung Wang Kung, God of the Immortals (Taoism) |
柬吴哥王朝 | Jiǎn wú gē wáng cháo | the Ankor Dynasty of Cambodia, 802-1431 |
桀王 | Jié Wáng | King Jie, the final ruler of the Xia dynasty (until c. 1600 BC), a notoriously cruel and immoral tyrant |
棋王 | qí wáng | chess champion |
楚怀王 | Chǔ Huái wáng | King Huai of Chu (reigned 328-299 BC); later King Huai of Chu (reigned 208-205 BC) |
楚庄王 | Chǔ Zhuāng wáng | King Zhuang of Chu (reigned 613-591 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸 |
檀君王 | Tán jūn wáng | Tangun, legendary founder of Korea in 2333 BC |
武王伐纣 | Wǔ wáng fá Zhòu | King Wu of Zhou 周武王 overthrows tyrant Zhou of Shang 商纣王 |
沙法维王朝 | Shā fǎ wéi wáng cháo | Persian Safavid dynasty 1501-1722 |
法王 | Fǎ wáng | Sakyamuni |
海贼王 | Hǎi zéi wáng | One Piece (manga and anime) |
混世魔王 | hùn shì mó wáng | devil incarnate (idiom); fiend in human form |
滕王阁 | 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 |
汉堡王 | Hàn bǎo wáng | Burger King (fast food restaurant) |
灶王 | Zào wáng | Zaoshen, the God of the kitchen; also written 灶神 |
牛魔王 | Niú mó wáng | Gyuumao |
猴王 | Hóu wáng | Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西游记 |
狮心王理查 | Shī xīn wáng Lǐ chá | Richard the Lionheart (1157-1199), King Richard I of England 1189-1199 |
王丹 | Wáng Dān | Wang Dan (1969-), Chinese dissident, one of the leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement of 1989 |
王五 | Wáng Wǔ | Wang Wu, name for an unspecified person, third of a series of three: 张三, 李四, 王五 Tom, Dick and Harry |
王仙芝 | Wáng Xiān zhī | Wang Xianzhi, peasant leader during Huang Chao peasant uprising 黄巢起义 875-884 in late Tang |
王伾 | Wáng pī | Wang Pi (-c. 806), Tang dynasty chancellor and a leader of failed Yongzhen reform 永贞革新 of 805 |
王侯公卿 | wáng hóu gōng qīng | aristocracy |
王储 | wáng chǔ | Crown Prince; heir to throne |
王八蛋 | wáng bā dàn | bastard (insult); son of a bitch |
王冠 | wáng guān | crown |
王力宏 | Wáng Lì Hóng | Wang Lee-Hom (1976-), Taiwanese-American singer |
王勃 | Wáng Bó | Wang Bo (650-676), Tang poet |
王励勤 | Wáng Lì qín | Wang Liqin |
王化 | wáng huà | beneficial influence of the sovereign |
王叔文 | Wáng shū wén | Wang Shuwen (735-806), famous Tang dynasty scholar, Go player and politician, a leader of failed Yongzhen reform 永贞革新 of 805 |
王君如 | Wáng Xīn líng | Cyndi Wang (1982-), Taiwanese singer and actress |
王国聚会所 | wáng guó jù huì suǒ | Kingdom Hall |
王士禛 | Wáng Shì zhēn | Wang Shizhen (1634-1711), early Qing poet |
王太后 | Wáng tài hòu | Queen Dowager (in Europe); widowed queen; Queen mother |
王妃 | wáng fēi | princess (in Europe) |
王婆卖瓜, 自卖自夸 | wáng pó mài guā , zì mài zì kuā | every potter praises his own pot (idiom); all one's geese are swans |
王家 | wáng jiā | princely |
王家瑞 | Wáng Jiā ruì | Wang Jiarui (1949-), PRC politician and diplomat, from 2006 head of CPC central committee's external affairs department 对外联络部 |
王家卫 | Wáng Jiā wèi | Wong Kar Wai (Hong Kong director) |
王实甫 | Wáng Shí fǔ | Wang Shifu (1295-1307), author of Romance of the West Chamber 西厢记 |
王岱舆 | Wáng Dài yú | Wang Daiyu (1584-1670), Hui Islamic scholar of the Ming-Qing transition |
王希孟 | 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 |
王平 | Wáng Píng | Wang Ping |
王府井 | Wáng fǔ jǐng | Wangfujing neighborhood of central Beijing, famous for shopping |
王座 | wáng zuò | throne |
王建民 | Wáng Jiàn mín | Chien-Ming Wang (1980-), Taiwanese starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals in Major League Baseball |
王心凌 | Wáng Xīn líng | stage name of Cyndi Wang; see 王君如 |
王书文 | Wáng Shū wén | Wang Shuwen (personal name) |
王朔 | Wáng Shuò | Wang Shuo (1958-), |