王 wong⁴ {wáng}

(noun) Chinese surname

王 wong⁴ {Wáng}

surname Wang

王 wong⁴ {wáng}

1. king or monarch
2. best or strongest of its type
3. grand
4. great

王 wong⁴ {wàng}

1. to rule
2. to reign over

王傑〔-杰〕 wong⁴ git⁶ {wáng jié}

Dave Wong / Wong Kit, a Hong Kong male singer

王悅〔-悦〕 wong⁴ jyut⁶ {wáng yuè}

Wang Yue, the eldest son of the statesman Wong Dao in the Jin Dynasty

王林 wong⁴ lam⁴ {wáng lín}

Wang Lin,a Chinese phony Qigong master

王孫〔-孙〕 wong⁴ syun¹ {wáng sūn}

members of royal family, especially male

王晶 wong⁴ zing¹ {wáng jīng}

Wong Jing, a Hong Kong film director, producer, actor, presenter, and screenwriter

王八 wong⁴ baat³ {wáng bā}

1. tortoise
2. cuckold
3. (old) male owner of a brothel
4. pimp

王弼 wong⁴ bat⁶ {Wáng Bì}

Wang Bi (226-249), Chinese neo-Daoist philosopher

王勃 wong⁴ but⁶ {Wáng Bó}

Wang Bo (650-676), Tang poet

王朝 wong⁴ ciu⁴ {wáng cháo}

dynasty

王充 wong⁴ cung¹ {Wáng Chōng}

Wang Chong (27-97), rationalist and critical philosopher

王儲〔-储〕 wong⁴ cyu⁵ {wáng chǔ}

1. crown prince
2. heir to throne

王丹 wong⁴ daan¹ {Wáng Dān}

Wang Dan (1969-), Chinese dissident, one of the leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement of 1989

王敦 wong⁴ deon¹ {Wáng Dūn}

Wang Dun (266-324), powerful general of Jin dynasty and brother of civil official Wang Dao 王導, subsequently rebellious warlord 322-324

王導〔-导〕 wong⁴ dou⁶ {Wáng Dǎo}

Wang Dao (276-339), powerful official of Jin dynasty and brother of general Wang Dun 王敦, regent of Jin from 325

王道 wong⁴ dou⁶ {wáng dào}

1. the Way of the King
2. statecraft
3. benevolent rule
4. virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道

王化 wong⁴ faa³ {wáng huà}

beneficial influence of the sovereign

王法 wong⁴ faat³ {wáng fǎ}

1. the law
2. the law of the land
3. the law of a state (in former times)
4. criterion

王妃 wong⁴ fei¹ {wáng fēi}

princess (in Europe)

王菲 wong⁴ fei¹ {Wáng Fēi}

Faye Wong (1969-), Hong Kong pop star and actress

王府 wong⁴ fu² {wáng fǔ}

prince's mansion

王家 wong⁴ gaa¹ {wáng jiā}

princely

王冠 wong⁴ gun¹ {wáng guān}

crown

王宮〔-宫〕 wong⁴ gung¹ {wáng gōng}

imperial palace

王公 wong⁴ gung¹ {wáng gōng}

1. princes and dukes
2. aristocrat

王國〔-国〕 wong⁴ gwok³ {wáng guó}

1. kingdom
2. realm

王侯 wong⁴ hau⁴ {wáng hóu}

aristocracy

王后 wong⁴ hau⁶ {wáng hòu}

1. queen
2. CL: 個,位

王爺〔-爷〕 wong⁴ je⁴ {wáng ye}

1. prince
2. marquis
3. nobleman

王益 wong⁴ jik¹ {Wáng yì}

Wangyi District of Tongchuan City 銅川市, Shaanxi

王英 wong⁴ jing¹ {Wáng Yīng}

Wang Ying (character in the "Water Margin")

王權〔-权〕 wong⁴ kyun⁴ {wáng quán}

1. royalty
2. royal power

王力 wong⁴ lik⁶ {Wáng Lì}

Wang Li (1900-1986), one of the pioneers of modern Chinese linguistics

王碼〔-码〕 wong⁴ maa⁵ {Wáng mǎ}

Wang code, same as 五筆字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983

王猛 wong⁴ maang⁵ {Wáng Měng}

Wang Meng (325-375), prime minister to Fu Jian 苻堅 of Former Qin 前秦

王明 wong⁴ ming⁴ {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

王莽 wong⁴ mong⁵ {Wáng Mǎng}

Wang Mang (45 BC-23 AD), usurped power and reigned 9-23 between the former and later Han

王母 wong⁴ mou⁵ {wáng mǔ}

(literary) paternal grandmother

王母 wong⁴ mou⁵ {Wáng mǔ}

another name for 西王母, Queen Mother of the West

王楠 wong⁴ naam⁴ {Wáng Nán}

Wang Nan (1978-), female PRC table tennis player, Olympic medalist

王五 wong⁴ ng⁵ {Wáng Wǔ}

Wang Wu, name for an unspecified person, third of a series of three: 張三, 李四, 王五 Tom, Dick and Harry

王牌 wong⁴ paai² {wáng pái}

trump card

王伾 wong⁴ pei¹ {Wáng pī}

Wang Pi (-c. 806), Tang dynasty chancellor and a leader of failed Yongzhen reform 永貞革新 of 805

王平 wong⁴ ping⁴ {Wáng Píng}

Wang Ping (1962-2013), PRC crosstalk actor

王室 wong⁴ sat¹ {wáng shì}

1. royal family
2. royal household

王水 wong⁴ seoi² {wáng shuǐ}

Aqua regia

王朔 wong⁴ sok³ {Wáng Shuò}

Wang Shuo (1958-), Chinese writer, director and actor

王肅〔-肃〕 wong⁴ suk¹ {Wáng Sù}

Wang Su (c. 195-256), classical scholar of Cao Wei dynasty, believed to have forged several classical texts

王選〔-选〕 wong⁴ syun² {Wáng Xuǎn}

Wang Xuan (1937-2006), Chinese printing industry innovator

王維〔-维〕 wong⁴ wai⁴ {Wáng Wéi}

Wang Wei (701-761), Tang Dynasty poet

王位 wong⁴ wai⁶ {wáng wèi}

1. title of king
2. kingship

王穎〔-颖〕 wong⁴ wing⁶ {Wáng Yǐng}

Wayne Wang (1949-), Chinese US film director

王震 wong⁴ zan³ {Wáng Zhèn}

Wang Zhen (1908-1993), Chinese political figure

王子 wong⁴ zi² {wáng zǐ}

1. prince
2. son of a king

王座 wong⁴ zo⁶ {wáng zuò}

throne

王著 wong⁴ zyu³ {Wáng Zhù}

Wang Zhu (-c. 990), Song calligrapher and writer

王家衞〔--卫〕 wong⁴ gaa¹ wai⁶ {wáng jiā wèi}

Wong Kar-wai, a Hong Kong film director and producer

王國興〔-国兴〕 wong⁴ gwok³ hing¹ {wáng guó xīng}

Wong Kwok-hing, a Hong Kong trade unionist and a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong

王馨平 wong⁴ hing¹ ping⁴ {wáng xīn píng}

Linda Wong Hing-ping, a Hong Kong singer and actress

王菀之 wong⁴ jyun² zi¹ {wáng wǎn zhī}

Ivana Wong Oi Chi, a Hong Kong singer and actress

王敏德 wong⁴ man⁵ dak¹ {wáng mǐn dé}

Michael Fitzgerald Wong is a Chinese-American actor based in Hong Kong

王慎德 wong⁴ san⁶ dak¹ {wáng shèn dé}

Russell Girard Wong, an American actor

王維基〔-维-〕 wong⁴ wai⁴ gei¹ {wáng wéi jī}

Ricky Wong Wai-kay, a Hong Kong entrepreneur, the chairman and founder of Hong Kong Television Network Limited, and the founder of Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited

王字邊〔--边〕 wong⁴ zi⁶ bin¹ {wáng zì biān}

refers to the Kangxi (radical 96) ⺩ part of a Chinese character

王靖雯 wong⁴ zing⁶ man⁴ {wáng jìng wén}

Faye Wong, a Chinese and Hong Kong singer and actress

王八蛋 wong⁴ baat³ daan² {wáng bā dàn}

1. bastard (insult)
2. son of a bitch

王昭君 wong⁴ ciu¹ gwan¹ {Wáng Zhāo jūn}

Wang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 漢元帝, one of the Four legendary beauties 四大美女

王岱輿〔--舆〕 wong⁴ doi⁶ jyu⁴ {Wáng Dài yú}

Wang Daiyu (1584-1670), Hui Islamic scholar of the Ming-Qing transition

王夫之 wong⁴ fu¹ zi¹ {Wáng Fū zhī}

Wang Fuzhi (1619-1692), wide-ranging scholar of the Ming-Qing transition

王府井 wong⁴ fu² zeng² {Wáng fǔ jǐng}

Wangfujing neighborhood of central Beijing, famous for shopping

王家瑞 wong⁴ gaa¹ seoi⁶ {Wáng Jiā ruì}

Wang Jiarui (1949-), PRC politician and diplomat, from 2006 head of CPC central committee's external affairs department 對外聯絡部

王家衛〔--卫〕 wong⁴ gaa¹ wai⁶ {Wáng Jiā wèi}

Wong Kar-wai (1956-), Hong Kong film director

王建民 wong⁴ gin³ man⁴ {Wáng Jiàn mín}

Chien-Ming Wang (1980-), Taiwanese starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals in Major League Baseball

王軍霞〔-军-〕 wong⁴ gwan¹ haa⁴ {Wáng Jūn xiá}

Wang Junxia (1973-), Chinese long-distance runner

王君如 wong⁴ gwan¹ jyu⁴ {Wáng Jūn rú}

Cyndi Wang (1982-), Taiwanese singer and actress

王國維〔-国维〕 wong⁴ gwok³ wai⁴ {Wáng Guó wéi}

Wang Guowei (1877-1927), noted scholar

王光良 wong⁴ gwong¹ loeng⁴ {Wáng Guāng liáng}

Michael Wong (1970-), Malaysian Chinese singer and composer

王希孟 wong⁴ hei¹ maang⁶ {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

王羲之 wong⁴ hei¹ zi¹ {Wáng Xī zhī}

Wang Xizhi (303-361), famous calligrapher of Eastern Jin, known as the sage of calligraphy 書聖

王洪文 wong⁴ hung⁴ man⁴ {Wáng Hóng wén}

Wang Hongwen (1935-1992), one of the Gang of Four

王欽若〔-钦-〕 wong⁴ jam¹ joek⁶ {Wáng Qīn ruò}

Wang Qinruo (962-1025), Northern Song dynasty official

王義夫〔-义-〕 wong⁴ ji⁶ fu¹ {Wáng Yì fū}

Wang Yifu (1960-), male PRC pistol shooter and Olympic medalist

王益區〔--区〕 wong⁴ jik¹ keoi¹ {Wáng yì Qū}

Wangyi District of Tongchuan City 銅川市, Shaanxi

王禹偁 wong⁴ jyu⁵ cing¹ {Wáng Yǔ chēng}

Wang Yucheng (954-1001) Song dynasty literary figure

王岐山 wong⁴ kei⁴ saan¹ {Wáng Qí shān}

Wang Qishan (1948-), PRC politician

王勵勤〔-励-〕 wong⁴ lai⁶ kan⁴ {Wáng Lì qín}

Wang Liqin (1978-), former PRC table tennis player, Olympic medalist

王力雄 wong⁴ lik⁶ hung⁴ {Wáng Lì xióng}

Wang Lixiong (1953-), Chinese writer, author of Yellow Peril 黃禍

王力宏 wong⁴ lik⁶ wang⁴ {Wáng Lì hóng}

Wang Lee-Hom (1976-), Taiwanese-American singer

王老吉 wong⁴ lou⁵ gat¹ {Wáng lǎo jí}

Wanglaoji (beverage brand)

王老五 wong⁴ lou⁵ ng⁵ {wáng lǎo wǔ}

1. lit. fifth child of the Wangs
2. bachelor

王安石 wong⁴ on¹ sek⁶ {Wáng Ān shí}

Wang Anshi (1021-1086), Song dynasty politician and writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家

王世充 wong⁴ sai³ cung¹ {Wáng Shì chōng}

Wang Shichong (-621), general of late Sui and opponent of early Tang

王心凌 wong⁴ sam¹ ling⁴ {Wáng Xīn líng}

1. stage name of Cyndi Wang
2. see 王君如

王實甫〔-实-〕 wong⁴ sat⁶ fu² {Wáng Shí fǔ}

Wang Shifu (fl. 1295-1307), author of Romance of the West Chamber 西廂記

王士禛 wong⁴ si⁶ zan¹ {Wáng Shì zhēn}

Wang Shizhen (1634-1711), early Qing poet

王仙芝 wong⁴ sin¹ zi¹ {Wáng Xiān zhī}

Wang Xianzhi, peasant leader during Huang Chao peasant uprising 黃巢起義 875-884 in late Tang

王小波 wong⁴ siu² bo¹ {Wáng Xiǎo bō}

Wang Xiaobo (1952-1997), scholar and novelist

王叔文 wong⁴ suk¹ man⁴ {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 of 805

王太后 wong⁴ taai³ hau⁶ {Wáng tài hòu}

1. Queen Dowager (in Europe)
2. widowed queen
3. Queen mother

王永民 wong⁴ wing⁵ man⁴ {Wáng Yǒng mín}

Wang Yongmin (1943-), inventor of the five stroke input method 五筆輸入法

王治郅 wong⁴ zi⁶ zat⁶ {Wáng Zhì zhì}

Wang Zhizhi (1977-), former Chinese basketball player

王祖賢〔--贤〕 wong⁴ zou² jin⁴ {Wáng Zǔ xián}

Joey Wong (1967-), Taiwanese actress

王八羔子 wong⁴ baat³ gou¹ zi² {wáng bā gāo zi}

1. son of a bitch
2. bastard

王不留行 wong⁴ bat¹ lau⁴ hang⁴ {wáng bù liú xíng}

1. cowherb (Vaccaria segetalis)
2. cowherb seeds (used in TCM)

王侯公卿 wong⁴ hau⁴ gung¹ hing¹ {wáng hóu gōng qīng}

aristocracy

王母娘娘 wong⁴ mou⁵ noeng⁴ noeng⁴ {Wáng mǔ niáng niáng}

another name for Xi Wangmu 西王母, Queen Mother of the West

王國聚會所〔-国-会-〕 wong⁴ gwok³ zeoi⁶ wui⁶ so² {Wáng guó Jù huì suǒ}

Kingdom Hall (place of worship used by Jehovah's Witnesses)

王顧左右而言他〔-顾-----〕 wong⁴ gu³ zo² jau⁶ ji⁴ jin⁴ taa¹ {wáng gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā}

1. the king looked left and right and then talked of other things
2. to digress from the topic of discussion (idiom)

王婆賣瓜，自賣自誇〔--卖---卖-夸〕 wong⁴ po⁴ maai⁶ gwaa¹ ，zi⁶ maai⁶ zi⁶ kwaa¹ {wáng pó mài guā , zì mài zì kuā}

1. every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
2. all one's geese are swans