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王
Wáng
1. surname Wang
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 4 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

王
wáng
king, ruler; royal; surname
HSK 5 4 丶

Compound Words (20)

王敦
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
王肃
WángSù
Wang Su (c. 195-256), classical scholar of Cao Wei dynasty, believed to have forged several classical texts
王妃
wángfēi
princess (in Europe)
王弼
WángBì
Wang Bi (226-249), Chinese neo-Daoist philosopher
王爷
wángye
prince
王维
WángWéi
Wang Wei (701-761), Tang Dynasty poet
王力
WángLì
Wang Li (1900-1986), one of the pioneers of modern Chinese linguistics
王国
wángguó
kingdom
王宫
wánggōng
imperial palace
王座
wángzuò
throne
王朝
wángcháo
dynasty
王法
wángfǎ
the law
王码
Wángmǎ
Wang code, same as [[五筆字型|五笔字型<wǔbǐzìxíng>]], five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin [[王永民<WángYǒngmín>]] in 1983
王颖
WángYǐng
Wayne Wang (1949-), Chinese US film director
王公
wánggōng
princes and dukes
王冠
wángguān
crown
王化
wánghuà
beneficial influence of the sovereign
王后
wánghòu
queen
法王
Fǎwáng
Sakyamuni
王室
wángshì
royal family

Example Sentences (4)

王方，昨天和你一起唱歌的人是谁？
Wáng Fāng,zuótiān hé nǐ yìqǐ chànggē de rén shì shéi?
Wang Fang, who sang with you yesterday?
Text 1
你等等我，好吗？王老师让我给大卫打电话。
Nǐ děng děng wǒ, hǎo ma? Wáng lǎoshī ràng wǒ gěi Dàwèi dǎ diànhuà.
Wait for me, okay? Teacher Wang asked me to call David.
Text 2
好的。王经理两点左右来了个电话。
Hǎo de.Wáng jīnglǐ liǎng diǎn zuǒyòu lái le gè diànhuà.
Okay. Manager Wang called around two o'clock.
Text 2
是去年来的，她姓王，二十八岁。
shì qùnián lái de,tā xìng wáng,èr shí bā suì.
She came last year, her surname is Wang, twenty-eight years old.
Text 4

Alternate Entries

王
wáng
king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great
王
wàng
to rule / to reign over

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
298
Word Frequency Rank
652 of 84,292