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霸王

Mandarin · pinyin bà wáng

Meanings

  1. hegemon
  2. overlord
  3. despot
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霸
bà · rule by might rather than right
王
wáng · king, ruler; royal; surname
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4–2 · ba4 wang2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

baa3 wong4

Cantonese word readings for 霸王. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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baa3 wong4

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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noun

  1. (literary, historical) overlord and king
  2. hegemon; overlord
  3. tyrant; despot; dictator

name

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 西楚霸王 (Xīchǔ Bàwáng, “Xiang Yu”)

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