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王

Cantonese · source Jyutpingwong4#

(noun) Chinese surname

Cantonese · source Jyutpingwong4#

Cantonese · source Jyutpingwong6#

to govern
to rule

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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

wong44 · low falling

wong66 · low level

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Same syllable, six tones

wong汪wong1expanse of water 枉wong2to twistwong3—黄wong4yellow 往wong5旺wong6prosperous

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Written characters

王

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

王 Wáng CC-CEDICT · Mandarinsurname Wang
王 wáng CC-CEDICT · Mandarinking or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great
王 wàng CC-CEDICT · Mandarin(literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: wang2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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wong4 · wong6

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

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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character · Etymology 1

king; monarch
duke; prince
best or strongest of its kind
chief; head; ringleader
(chess) king
(Sichuanese, Northern Min, Hokkien, xiangqi) general; marshal; king
(graph theory) king (a vertex in a directed graph which can reach every other vertex via a path with a length of at most 2)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) grand; great
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of feudal monarchs) to see the emperor
a surname, Wang, Wong, Ong, and Heng

character · Etymology 2

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to reign; to rule, to be a king
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 旺 (wàng, “flourishing; prosperous”)

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