王
wáng
HSK level: HSK 3.0 · 4
Meaning
king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great
Other reading: wàng
(literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)
Other reading: Wáng
surname Wang
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Examples
狮子是万兽之王。
shī zi shì wàn shòu zhī wáng。
The lion is the king of beasts.
狮子是丛林之王。
shī zi shì cóng lín zhī wáng。
The lion is the king of the jungle.
狮子是兽类之王的话，鹰就是鸟类之王。
shī zi shì shòu lèi zhī wáng de huà， yīng jiù shì niǎo lèi zhī wáng。
If the lion is the king of beasts, the eagle is the king of birds.
Words with this character
国王 guó wáng king王子 wáng zǐ prince王国 wáng guó kingdom王牌 wáng pái trump card王后 wáng hòu queen阎王 Yán wang Yama, the King of Hell王位 wáng wèi title of king大王 dà wáng king海王星 Hǎi wáng xīng Neptune冥王星 Míng wáng xīng Pluto大胃王 dà wèi wáng eating champion闯王 Chuǎng Wáng Chuangwang or Roaming King, adopted name of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成法王 Fǎ wáng Sakyamuni海王 Hǎi wáng Poseidon, Greek god of the sea猴王 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]桀王 Jié Wáng King Jie, the final ruler of the Xia dynasty, a notoriously cruel and immoral tyrant龙王 Lóng wáng Dragon King猫王 Māo Wáng Elvis Presley, US pop singer and film star王弼 Wáng Bì Wang Bi, Chinese neo-Daoist philosopher王勃 Wáng Bó Wang Bo, one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰[Chu1 Tang2 Si4 jie2]王粲 Wáng Càn Wang Can, poet, generally regarded as the most brilliant of "the seven masters of Jian'an" 建安[Jian4 an1]王充 Wáng Chōng Wang Chong, rationalist and critical philosopher王丹 Wáng Dān Wang Dan, Chinese dissident, one of the leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement of 1989