倭马亚王朝 | Wō mǎ yà wáng cháo | Umayyad empire (661-750, in Iberia -1031), successor of the Rashidun caliphate |
先王 | xiān wáng | former kings; former emperors; in Confucian writing, refers esp. to the sage rulers Yáo 尧, Shùn 舜, Yǔ 禹, Tāng 汤 and the kings of Zhou |
先王之政 | xiān wáng zhī zhèng | the rule of former kings |
先王之乐 | xiān wáng zhī yuè | the music of former kings |
先王之道 | xiān wáng zhī dào | the way of former kings |
冥王 | míng wáng | the king of hell |
列王纪上 | Liè wáng jì shàng | First book of Kings |
列王纪下 | Liè wáng jì xià | Second book of Kings |
列王记上 | Liè wáng jì shàng | First book of Kings |
列王记下 | Liè wáng jì xià | Second book of Kings |
吃霸王餐 | chī bà wáng cān | to dine and dash; to leave without paying |
吐蕃王朝 | Tǔ bō wáng cháo | the Tibetan Tubo dynasty 7th-11th century AD |
吴王阖庐 | Wú wáng Hé Lú | King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC); also called 吴王阖闾 |
吴王阖闾 | 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 吴王阖庐 |
周宣王 | Zhōu Xuān wáng | King Xuan, eleventh King of Zhou, reigned (828-782 BC) |
周文王 | 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 |
周武王姬发 | Zhōu Wǔ wáng Jī Fā | King Wu of Zhou, personal name Ji Fa, reigned 1046-1043 BC as first king of Western Zhou dynasty 1046-1043 BC |
周王朝 | Zhōu wáng cháo | the Zhou dynasty from 1027 BC |
周穆王 | 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 |
商纣王 | Shāng Zhòu wáng | King Zhou of Shang (11th century BC), notorious as a cruel tyrant |
喀拉汗王朝 | Kā lā hàn wáng cháo | Karakhan dynasty of central Asia, 8th-10th century |
四大天王 | sì dà tiān wáng | the four heavenly kings (Sanskrit vajra); the four guardians or warrior attendants of Buddha |
四子王 | Sì zǐ wáng | Siziwang banner or Dörvön-xüüxed khoshuu in Ulaanchab 乌兰察布, Inner Mongolia |
四子王旗 | Sì zǐ wáng qí | Siziwang banner or Dörvön-xüüxed khoshuu in Ulaanchab 乌兰察布, Inner Mongolia |
地藏王菩萨 | 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 |
寿王坟 | Shòu wáng fén | Shouwangfen town, in Chengde 承德市, Hebei |
寿王坟镇 | Shòu wáng fén zhèn | Shouwangfen town, in Chengde 承德市, Hebei |
夏王朝 | Xià wáng cháo | Xia dynasty, unconfirmed but placed at c. 2070-c. 1600 BC |
大英联合王国 | Dà yīng lián hé wáng guó | United Kingdom |
孔雀王朝 | Kǒng què wáng cháo | Maurya dynasty of India (322-185 BC) |
孝成王 | Xiào chéng Wáng | King Xiaocheng of Zhao 赵国, reigned 266-245 BC |
尼泊尔国王 | Ní bó ěr guó wáng | Nepalese monarchy |
希律王 | Xī lǜ wáng | King Herod (in the biblical nativity story) |
帝王企鹅 | dì wáng qǐ é | emperor penguin |
帝王切开 | dì wáng qiē kāi | Cesarean section |
帝王谱 | dì wáng pǔ | list of emperors and kings; dynastic genealogy |
张三, 李四, 王五, 赵六 | Zhāng sān , Lǐ sì , Wáng wǔ , Zhào liù | four proverbial names; Tom, Dick and Harry |
张王李赵 | Zhāng Wáng Lǐ Zhào | anyone; Mr Average; any Tom, Dick or Harry |
恭亲王 | Gōng qīn wáng | Grand Prince (Qing title) |
恭亲王奕䜣 | Gōng qīn wáng Yì xīn | Grand Prince Yixin (1833-1898), sixth son of Emperor Daoguang, prominent politician, diplomat and modernizer in late Qing |
悼襄王 | Dào xiāng Wáng | King Daoxiang of Zhao 赵国, reigned 245-236 BC |
爱德华王子岛 | Ài dé huá wáng zǐ dǎo | Prince Edward island, a province of Canada |
戴安娜王妃 | Dài ān nà wáng fēi | Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997) |
托勒密王 | Tuō lè mì Wáng | Ptolemy, kings of Egypt after the partition of Alexander the Great's Empire in 305 BC |
托塔天王 | Tuō tǎ tiān wáng | the pagoda bearing god |
拳王 | quán wáng | boxing champion |
擒贼擒王 | qín zéi qín wáng | to defeat the enemy by capturing their chief (idiom) |
新罗王朝 | 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 百济 and Koguryo 高句丽 around 660 in alliance with Tang China; unified Silla 658-935 |
李天王 | Lǐ tiān wáng | the pagoda bearing god |
李尔王 | Lǐ ěr wáng | King Lear, 1605 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亚 |