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Results for 王
 wáng king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great
 wàng to rule / to reign over
Results beginning with 王
 wáng zǐ prince / son of a king
 wáng guó kingdom / realm
 wáng cháo dynasty
 wáng ye prince / marquis / nobleman
 wáng pái trump card
 wáng zuò throne
 wáng fǔ prince's mansion
 wáng dào the Way of the King / statecraft / benevolent rule / virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道
 wáng fēi princess (in Europe)
 wáng gōng imperial palace
 wáng jiā princely
 wáng shì royal family / royal household
 wáng hòu queen / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
 wáng wèi title of king / kingship
 wáng gōng princes and dukes / aristocrat
 wáng bā tortoise / cuckold / (old) male owner of a brothel / pimp
 wáng mǔ (literary) paternal grandmother
 Wáng Xuǎn Wang Xuan (1937-2006), Chinese printing industry innovator
 wáng guān crown
 Wáng Shuò Wang Shuo (1958-), Chinese writer, director and actor
 wáng chǔ crown prince / heir to throne
 Wáng Píng Wang Ping (1962-2013), PRC crosstalk actor
 Wáng Míng 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
 wáng hóu aristocracy
 Wáng Mǎng Wang Mang (45 BC-23 AD), usurped power and reigned 9-23 between the former and later Han
 wáng fǎ the law / the law of the land / the law of a state (in former times) / criterion
 wáng quán royalty / royal power
 wáng sūn children of the nobility
 Wáng Wǔ Wang Wu, name for an unspecified person, third of a series of three: 張三|张三[Zhang1 San1], 李四[Li3 Si4], 王五 / Tom, Dick and Harry
 Wáng Bó Wang Bo (650-676), one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰[Chu1 Tang2 Si4 jie2]
 Wáng Zhèn Wang Zhen (1908-1993), Chinese political figure
 Wáng Dān Wang Dan (1969-), Chinese dissident, one of the leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement of 1989
 Wáng Yǐng Wayne Wang (1949-), Chinese US film director
 Wáng Chōng Wang Chong (27-97), rationalist and critical philosopher
 Wáng Dǎo Wang Dao (276-339), powerful official of Jin dynasty and brother of general Wang Dun 王敦, regent of Jin from 325
 wáng shuǐ Aqua regia
 Wáng Bì Wang Bi (226-249), Chinese neo-Daoist philosopher
 wáng càn Wang Can (177-217), poet, generally regarded as the most brilliant of "the seven masters of Jian'an" 建安[Jian4 an1]
 Wáng Dūn 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
 Wáng Fēi Faye Wong (1969-), Hong Kong pop star and actress
 wáng huà beneficial influence of the sovereign
 wáng kuāng Wang
 wàng lǎng Wang
 Wáng Lì Wang Li (1900-1986), one of the pioneers of modern Chinese linguistics
 Wáng mǎ Wang code, same as 五筆字型|五笔字型[wu3 bi3 zi4 xing2], five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民[Wang2 Yong3 min2] in 1983
 Wáng Měng Wang Meng (325-375), prime minister to Fu Jian 苻堅|苻坚[Fu2 Jian1] of Former Qin 前秦[Qian2 Qin2]
 Wáng Nán Wang Nan (1978-), female PRC table tennis player, Olympic medalist
 Wáng pī Wang Pi (-c. 806), Tang dynasty chancellor and a leader of failed Yongzhen reform 永貞革新|永贞革新 / of 805
 Wáng Sù Wang Su (c. 195-256), classical scholar of Cao Wei dynasty, believed to have forged several classical texts
 Wáng Wéi Wang Wei (701-761), Tang Dynasty poet
 Wáng yì Wangyi District of Tongchuan City 銅川市|铜川市[Tong2 chuan1 Shi4], Shaanxi
 Wáng Yì Wang Yi (1953-), PRC foreign minister (2013-) and state councilor (2018-)
 Wáng Yīng Wang Ying (character in the "Water Margin")
 wáng zhēn Wang
 Wáng Zhù Wang Zhu (-c. 990), Song calligrapher and writer
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 wáng bā dàn bastard (insult) / son of a bitch
 Wáng Zhì zhì Wang Zhizhi (1977-), former Chinese basketball player
 Wáng An1 shí Wang Anshi (1021-1086), Song dynasty politician and writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家
 Wáng Xī zhī Wang Xizhi (303-361), famous calligrapher of Eastern Jin, known as the sage of calligraphy 書聖|书圣
 Wáng Xiǎo bō Wang Xiaobo (1952-1997), scholar and novelist
 Wáng Guó wéi Wang Guowei (1877-1927), noted scholar
 Wáng Shì chōng Wang Shichong (-621), general of late Sui and opponent of early Tang
 Wáng Zhāo jūn Wang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 漢元帝|汉元帝[Han4 Yuan2 di4], one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3]
 wáng qí shān Wang Qishan (1948-), PRC politician
 Wáng Jiàn mín Chien-Ming Wang (1980-), Taiwanese starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals in Major League Baseball
 Wáng lǎo jí Wanglaoji (beverage brand)
 Wáng Yáng míng Wang Yangming (1472-1529), Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, influential in the School of Mind 心學|心学[xin1 xue2]
 Wáng Jūn xiá Wang Junxia (1973-), Chinese long-distance runner
 Wáng Fū zhī Wang Fuzhi (1619-1692), wide-ranging scholar of the Ming-Qing transition
 Wáng Hóng wén Wang Hongwen (1935-1992), one of the Gang of Four
 wáng bīn yú Wang
 Wáng tài hòu Queen Dowager (in Europe) / widowed queen / Queen mother
 Wáng Yǒng mín Wang Yongmin (1943-), inventor of the five stroke input method 五筆輸入法|五笔输入法[wu3 bi3 shu1 ru4 fa3]
 Wáng Jiā ruì 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[dui4 wai4 lian2 luo4 bu4] 2003-2015
 Wáng Dài yú Wang Daiyu (1584-1670), Hui Islamic scholar of the Ming-Qing transition
 Wáng fǔ jǐng Wangfujing neighborhood of central Beijing, famous for shopping
 Wáng Guāng liáng Michael Wong (1970-), Malaysian Chinese singer and composer
 wáng jiàn xuān Wang
 Wáng Jiā wèi Wong Kar-wai (1956-), Hong Kong film director
 Wáng Jūn rú Cyndi Wang (1982-), Taiwanese singer and actress
 wáng kè mǐn Wang
 wáng lǎo wǔ lit. fifth child of the Wangs / bachelor
 Wáng Lì hóng Wang Lee-Hom (1976-), Taiwanese-American singer
 Wáng Lì qín Wang Liqin (1978-), former PRC table tennis player, Olympic medalist
 Wáng Lì xióng Wang Lixiong (1953-), Chinese writer, author of Yellow Peril 黃禍|黄祸[Huang2 huo4]
 Wáng Qīn ruò Wang Qinruo (962-1025), Northern Song dynasty official
 Wáng Shí fǔ Wang Shifu (fl. 1295-1307), author of Romance of the West Chamber 西廂記|西厢记
 Wáng Shì zhēn Wang Shizhen (1634-1711), early Qing poet
 Wáng Shū wén Wang Shuwen (personal name)
 Wáng Shū wén 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[Yong3 zhen1 Ge2 xin1] of 805
 Wáng Xiān zhī Wang Xianzhi, peasant leader during Huang Chao peasant uprising 黃巢起義|黄巢起义 / 875-884 in late Tang
 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
 Wáng Xīn líng stage name of Cyndi Wang / see 王君如[Wang2 Jun1 ru2]
 Wáng Yì fū Wang Yifu (1960-), male PRC pistol shooter and Olympic medalist
 Wáng yì Qū Wangyi District of Tongchuan City 銅川市|铜川市[Tong2 chuan1 Shi4], Shaanxi
 Wáng Yǔ chēng Wang Yucheng (954-1001) Song dynasty literary figure
 Wáng Zǔ xián Joey Wong (1967-), Taiwanese actress
 Wáng mǔ niáng niáng another name for Xi Wangmu 西王母, Queen Mother of the West
 wáng bā dú zi see 王八羔子[wang2 ba1 gao1 zi5]
 wáng bā gāo zi son of a bitch / bastard
 wáng bù liú xíng cowherb (Vaccaria segetalis) / cowherb seeds (used in TCM)
 wáng guān cǎo kē Malesherbia
 wáng hóu gōng qīng aristocracy
 Wáng Yáng Lú Luò abbr. for Wang Bo 王勃[Wang2 Bo2], Yang Jiong 楊炯|杨炯[Yang2 Jiong3], Lu Zhaolin 盧照鄰|卢照邻[Lu2 Zhao4 lin2], and Luo Binwang 駱賓王|骆宾王[Luo4 Bin1 wang2], the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang
  Royal Aide-de-Camp Department
 Wáng guó Jù huì suǒ Kingdom Hall (place of worship used by Jehovah's Witnesses)
 wáng lì yǔ zhòu jūn Royal
 wáng gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā the king looked left and right and then talked of other things / to digress from the topic of discussion (idiom)
 wáng pó mài guā , zì mài zì kuā every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans
  Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs
Approximate Results for 王
 guó wáng king / CL:個|个[ge4]
 dài wang robber baron (in opera, old stories) / magnate
 dà wáng king / magnate / person having expert skill in something
 tiān wáng emperor / god / Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title / see also 洪秀全[Hong2 Xiu4 quan2]
 nu:3 wáng queen
 dì wáng regent / monarch
 mó wáng devil king / evil person
 bà wáng hegemon / overlord / despot
 qīn wáng prince
 Lóng Wáng Dragon King (mythology)
 jūn wáng sovereign king
 Yán wáng same as 閻羅王|阎罗王 / Yama, King of Hell / translation of Sanskrit: Yama Raja
 míng wáng the king of hell
 Fǎ wáng Sakyamuni
 quán wáng boxing champion
 Hǎi wáng Poseidon, Greek god of the sea / Neptune, Roman god of the sea / Aquaman, DC comic book superhero / (slang) womanizer / player
 xiān wáng former kings / former emperors / in Confucian writing, refers esp. to the sage rulers Yao 堯|尧[Yao2], Shun 舜[Shun4], Yu 禹[Yu3], Tang 湯|汤[Tang1] and the kings of Zhou
 qí wáng chess champion
 fēng wáng queen bee
 xián wáng sage kings
 qín wáng to serve the king diligently / to save the country in times of danger / to send troops to rescue the king
 Chuǎng Wáng Chuangwang or Roaming King, adopted name of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成 / (1605-1645)
 fēng wáng to win the championship / (of an emperor) to bestow the title of king on a subject
 gěng wáng (coll.) person who makes people laugh / funny guy
 Hóu wáng Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
 Jié Wáng King Jie, the final ruler of the Xia dynasty (until c. 1600 BC), a notoriously cruel and immoral tyrant
 Māo Wáng Elvis Presley (1935-1977), US pop singer and film star / transliterated as 埃爾維斯·普雷斯利|埃尔维斯·普雷斯利[Ai1 er3 wei2 si1 · / Pu3 lei2 si1 li4]
 shèng wáng sage ruler
 Zào wáng Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen / also written 灶神
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 Hǎi zéi wáng One Piece (manga and anime)
 Niú mó wáng Gyuumao
 Hǎi wáng xīng Neptune (planet)
 Míng wáng xīng Pluto (dwarf planet)
 Tiān wáng xīng Uranus (planet)
 fēng wáng jiāng royal jelly
西 Xī wáng mǔ Xi Wangmu, Queen Mother of the West, keeper of the peaches of immortality / popularly known as 王母娘娘
 bà wáng lóng Tyrannosaurus rex
 Yán luó Wáng Yama, King of Hell / translation of Sanskrit: Yama Raja
 Mǎ Wáng duī Mawangdui in Changsha, Hunan, a recent Han dynasty archaeological site
 shè zhèng wáng regent
 A1 yù wáng Ashoka (304-232 BC), Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty 孔雀王朝[Kong3 que4 Wang2 chao2], ruled 273-232 BC
 Gōng qīn wáng Grand Prince (Qing title)
 Luò Bīn wáng Luo Binwang (640-684), one of Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰[Chu1 Tang2 Si4 jie2]
 Zào wáng yé Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen / also written 灶神
 Jīn bà wáng Duracell (US brand of batteries etc)
 Zhōu Chéng wáng King Cheng of Zhou (1055-1021 BC), reigned 1042-1021 BC as the 2nd king of Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1], son of King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2]
 bà wáng biān a rattle stick used in folk dancing / rattle stick dance
 bà wáng shù cactus
 Chuǎng Wáng líng mausoleum to the late-Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成[Li3 Ze4 cheng2], nicknamed Dashing King 闖王|闯王[Chuang3 Wang2]
怀 Chǔ Huái wáng King Huai of Chu (reigned 328-299 BC) / later King Huai of Chu (reigned 208-205 BC)
 Chǔ Zhuāng wáng King Zhuang of Chu (reigned 613-591 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
 Dào xiāng Wáng King Daoxiang of Zhao 趙國|赵国, reigned 245-236 BC
 Dá wèi wáng King David
 dà wèi wáng eating champion
 dì wáng pǔ list of emperors and kings / dynastic genealogy
 Dōng wáng gōng Mu Kung or Tung Wang Kung, God of the Immortals (Taoism)
 fēng wáng jīng royal jelly
 fēng wáng rǔ royal jelly
 Gù Yě wáng Gu Yewang (519-581), historian and an interpreter of classical texts, editor of Yupian 玉篇[Yu4 pian1]
 Hàn bǎo wáng Burger King (fast food restaurant)
 jiàn Yán wáng to meet one's Maker / to die
 Lǐ ěr wáng King Lear, 1605 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
 Lǐ tiān wáng the pagoda bearing god
 Qí Mǐn wáng King Min of Qi (reigned 323-284 BC)
 Qí Xuān wáng King Xuan of Qi (reigned 342-324 BC)
 sān jīn wáng Samgeun
 Shāng Zhòu wáng King Zhou of Shang (11th century BC), notorious as a cruel tyrant
寿 Shòu wáng fén Shouwangfen town, in Chengde 承德市[Cheng2 de2 shi4], Hebei
 shòu wáng xīng Jyu
 Sì zǐ wáng Siziwang banner or Dörvön-xüüxed khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[Wu1 lan2 cha2 bu4], Inner Mongolia
 sù liào wáng "super plastic" (term used to refer to Teflon)
 tài wáng guó the Kingdom of Thailand
 Tán jūn wáng Tangun, legendary founder of Korea in 2333 BC
 Téng wáng Gé Tengwang Tower in Nanchang, Jiangxi / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼[Yue4 yang2 Lou2] in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼[Huang2 he4 Lou2] in Wuhan, Hubei
 Xiān wáng zuò Cepheus (constellation)
 Xiào chéng Wáng King Xiaocheng of Zhao 趙國|赵国, reigned 266-245 BC
 Xià wáng cháo Xia dynasty, unconfirmed but placed at c. 2070-c. 1600 BC
 Xī lu:4 wáng Herod the Great (73 BC - 4 BC), Roman-appointed king of Judea (37-4 BC)
 Yán wáng yé same as 閻羅王|阎罗王 / Yama, King of Hell / translation of Sanskrit: Yama Raja
 Yà sè wáng King Arthur
 Yóu xì wáng Yu-Gi-Oh!
 Yǔ wáng tái Yuwangtai district of Kaifeng city 開封市|开封市[Kai1 feng1 shi4], Henan
 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
 Zhōu wáng cháo the Zhou dynasty from 1027 BC
 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[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] the first Zhou dynasty king
 Zhōu Wǔ wáng 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
 Zhōu Xuān wáng King Xuan, eleventh King of Zhou, reigned (828-782 BC)
 Zhōu Yōu wáng King You of Zhou (795-771 BC), last king of Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1]
 Zhuǎn lún Wáng Chakravarti raja (Sanskrit: King of Kings) / emperor in Hindu mythology
 bái mǎ wáng zǐ Prince Charming / knight in shining armor
 sì dà tiān wáng the four heavenly kings (Sanskrit vajra) / the four guardians or warrior attendants of Buddha
 bà wáng tiáo kuǎn (law) unfair clause / unequal clause
 Jiē tóu Bà wáng Street Fighter (video game series)
 hùn shì mó wáng devil incarnate (idiom) / fiend in human form
 bà wáng bié jī The Conqueror Bids Farewell to His Favorite Concubine (tragic opera by Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Mei2 Lan2 fang1]) / Farewell My Concubine (1993 film by Chen Kaige)
 bì rán wáng guó realm of necessity (philosophy)
 chéng wáng bài kòu see 成則為王,敗則為寇|成则为王,败则为寇[cheng2 ze2 wei2 wang2 , bai4 ze2 wei2 kou4]
 Zhāng Wáng Lǐ Zhào anyone / Mr Average / any Tom, Dick or Harry
 zì yóu wáng guó realm of freedom (philosophy)
 bǎi jì shèng wáng Seong
 bā lín wàng guó the Kingdom of Bahrain
 Bà wáng zhī dào the Way of the Hegemon / despotic rule / abbr. to 霸道
 bù dān wáng guó the Kingdom of Bhutan
 chī bà wáng cān to dine and dash / to leave without paying
 dān mài wáng guó the Kingdom of Denmark
 dì wáng qǐ é emperor penguin
 dì wáng qiē kāi Cesarean section
 dōng míng shèng wáng King
 Dū duó Wáng cháo Tudor Dynasty, ruled England 1485-1603
 Gāo lí Wáng cháo Korean Goryeo Dynasty, 918-1392
 gé bì Lǎo Wáng Mr Wang from next door (term used jocularly to refer to a neighbor who is supposedly sleeping with one's wife)
 guó wáng qǐ é King
 Hēi hán Wáng cháo Karakhan Dynasty of central Asia, 8th-10th century
 hēi zhěn wáng wēng (bird species of China) black-naped monarch (Hypothymis azurea)
 Hé lán wáng guó Koninkrijk der Nederlanden / Kingdom of the Netherlands
 Kāi zhāng shèng wáng Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou, posthumous title of Tang dynasty general Chen Yuanguang (657-711) 陳元光|陈元光[Chen2 Yuan2 guang1]
 Kǒng què Wáng cháo Maurya Dynasty of India (322-185 BC)
 Lián hé wáng guó United Kingdom
 liào lǐ shǔ wáng Ratatouille
 Liè wáng jì shàng First book of Kings
 Liè wáng jì shàng First book of Kings
 Liè wáng jì xià Second book of Kings
 Liè wáng jì xià Second book of Kings
 liú lí míng wáng Yuri
 Liú qiú wáng guó Ryūkyū / kingdom 1429-1879 (on modern Okinawa)
 mó Wáng Sā dàn Satan, Devil king
 nuó wēi wáng guó the Kingdom of Norway
 Pú gān Wáng cháo Bagan (Pagan) Dynasty of Myanmar (Burma), 1044-1287
 Qín Huì wén Wáng King Huiwen of Qin 秦國|秦国, ruled 338-311 BC during the Warring States Period
 qín zéi qín wáng to defeat the enemy by capturing their chief (idiom)
 qín zhāo xiāng wáng King
 ruì diǎn wáng guó the Kingdom of Sweden
 Sà fēi Wáng cháo Persian Safavid Dynasty 1501-1722
 sān wàng hǎi jǐ Three Kings ridge
 Sà sāng Wáng cháo Sassanid Empire of Persia (c. 2nd-7th century AD)
 Sà shān Wáng cháo Sassanid Empire of Persia (c. 2nd-7th century AD)
 Shì zōng Dà wáng 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
寿 Shòu wáng fén zhèn Shouwangfen town, in Chengde 承德市[Cheng2 de2 shi4], Hebei
 Sì zǐ wáng qí Siziwang banner or Dörvön-xüüxed khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[Wu1 lan2 cha2 bu4], Inner Mongolia
 tāng jiā wáng guó the Kingdom of Tonga
 Tǔ bō Wáng cháo Tibetan Tubo Dynasty 7th-11th century AD
 Tuō lè mì Wáng Ptolemy, kings of Egypt after the partition of Alexander the Great's Empire in 305 BC
 Tuō tǎ tiān wáng the pagoda bearing god
 wén dìng wáng hòu Queen
 Wǔ wáng fá Zhòu King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrows tyrant Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 wang2]
 Wú wáng Hé Lú King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC) / also called 吳王闔閭|吴王阖闾
 Wú wáng Hé Lu:2 King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸 / also called 吳王闔廬|吴王阖庐
 xiāng gǎng mǎ wáng Hong
 xiān wáng zhī dào the way of former kings
 xiān wáng zhī yuè the music of former kings
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