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(wáng) surname Wang

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(wáng) king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great

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(wàng) to rule; to reign over

王世充 (w)

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

王丹 (w)

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

王五 (w)

(wángwǔ) 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

王仙芝 (w)

(wángxiānzhī) Wang Xianzhi, peasant leader during Huang Chao peasant uprising 黃巢起義|黄巢起义 875-884 in late Tang

王伾 (w)

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

王位 (w)

(wángwèi) title of king; kingship

王侯 (w)

(wánghóu) aristocracy

王侯公卿 (w)

(wánghóugōngqīng) aristocracy

王储 (w)

(wángchǔ) crown prince; heir to throne

王充 (w)

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

王八 (w)

(wángbā) tortoise; cuckold; (insult with the flavor of bastard, son of a bitch); cf 王八蛋

王八蛋 (w)

(wángbādàn) bastard (insult); son of a bitch

王公 (w)

(wánggōng) princes and dukes

王冠 (w)

(wángguān) crown

王力宏 (w)

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

王勃 (w)

(wángbó) Wang Bo (650-676), Tang poet

王励勤 (w)

(wánglìqín) Wang Liqin

王化 (w)

(wánghuà) beneficial influence of the sovereign

王叔文 (w)

(wángshūwén) 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 of 805

王后 (w)

(wánghòu) queen; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

王君如 (w)

(wángjūnrú) Cyndi Wang (1982-), Taiwanese singer and actress

王国 (w)

(wángguó) kingdom; realm

王国维 (w)

(wángguówéi) Wang Guowei (1877-1927), noted scholar

王国聚会所 (w)

(wángguójùhuìsuǒ) Kingdom Hall

王士禛 (w)

(wángshìzhēn) Wang Shizhen (1634-1711), early Qing poet

王太后 (w)

(wángtàihòu) Queen Dowager (in Europe); widowed queen; Queen mother

王夫之 (w)

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

王妃 (w)

(wángfēi) princess (in Europe)

王婆卖瓜,自卖自夸 (w)

(wángpómàiguāzìmàizìkuā) every potter praises his own pot (idiom); all one's geese are swans

王子 (w)

(wángzǐ) prince; son of a king

王安石 (w)

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

王室 (w)

(wángshì) royal family; royal household

王宫 (w)

(wánggōng) imperial palace

王家 (w)

(wángjiā) princely

王家瑞 (w)

(wángjiāruì) Wang Jiarui (1949-), PRC politician and diplomat, from 2006 head of CPC central committee's external affairs department 對外聯絡部|对外联络部[dui4 wai4 lian2 luo4 bu4]

王家卫 (w)

(wángjiāwèi) Wong Kar Wai (Hong Kong director)

王实甫 (w)

(wángshífǔ) Wang Shifu (1295-1307), author of Romance of the West Chamber 西廂記|西厢记

王导 (w)

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

王小波 (w)

(wángxiǎobō) Wang Xiaobo (1952-1997), scholar and novelist

王岱舆 (w)

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

王希孟 (w)

(wángxīmèng) 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 (w)

(wángpíng) Wang Ping

王府 (w)

(wángfǔ) prince's mansion

王府井 (w)

(wángfǔjǐng) Wangfujing neighborhood of central Beijing, famous for shopping

王座 (w)

(wángzuò) throne

王建民 (w)

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

王心凌 (w)

(wángxīnlíng) stage name of Cyndi Wang; see 王君如[Wang2 Jun1 ru2]

王敦 (w)

(wángdūn) 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

王明 (w)

(wángmíng) 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

王昭君 (w)

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

王书文 (w)

(wángshūwén) Wang Shuwen (personal name)

王朔 (w)

(wángshuò) Wang Shuo (1958-),

王朝 (w)

(wángcháo) dynasty

王楠 (w)

(wángnán) Wang Nan

王权 (w)

(wángquán) royalty; royal power

王钦若 (w)

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

王母 (w)

(wángmǔ) queen mother

王母娘娘 (w)

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

王水 (w)

(wángshuǐ) Aqua regia

王永民 (w)

(wángyǒngmín) 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]

王治郅 (w)

(wángzhìzhì) Wang Zhizhi (Chinese basketball player)

王法 (w)

(wángfǎ) the law; the law of the land; the law of a state (in former times); criterion

王洪文 (w)

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

王牌 (w)

(wángpái) trump card

王猛 (w)

(wángměng) Wang Meng

王益 (w)

(wángyì) Wangyi district of Tóngchuān city 銅川市|铜川市[Tong2 chuan1 shi4], Shǎnxī

王益区 (w)

(wángyìqū) Wangyi district of Tóngchuān city 銅川市|铜川市[Tong2 chuan1 shi4], Shǎnxī

王码 (w)

(wángmǎ) 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

王祖贤 (w)

(wángzǔxián) Joey Wong (actress)

王禹偁 (w)

(wángyǔchēng) Wang Yucheng (954-1001) Song dynasty literary figure

王颖 (w)

(wángyǐng) Wayne Wang (1949-), Chinese US film director

王维 (w)

(wángwéi) Wang Wei (701-761), Tang Dynasty poet

王义夫 (w)

(wángyìfū) Wang Yifu

王羲之 (w)

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

王老五 (w)

(wánglǎowǔ) lit. fifth child of the Wangs; bachelor

王老吉 (w)

(wánglǎojí) Wanglaoji (beverage brand)

王肃 (w)

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

王英 (w)

(wángyīng) Wang Ying (character in the "Water Margin")

王莽 (w)

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

王菲 (w)

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

王著 (w)

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

王军霞 (w)

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

王道 (w)

(wángdào) the Way of the King; statecraft; benevolent rule; virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道

王选 (w)

(wángxuǎn) Wang Xuan

王震 (w)

(wángzhèn) Wang Zhen

王顾左右而言他 (w)

(wánggùzuǒyòuéryántā) the king looked left and right and then talked of other things; to digress from the topic of discussion (idiom)