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王 is wang which means king. It is not pronounced the way you think in Chinese. It is more like English speakers would want to pronounce wong. It has roughly the same vowel sound as tong, song, or long in English.
Note that this means king only, not the emperor. An emperor is higher than a king, and theoretically is chosen by God, according to ancient Chinese culture. However, the definition is often blurred at various points in Asian history.
王 can also be defined as ruler, sovereign, monarch, or magnate. It is also can refer to a game piece in the chess-like Japanese strategic game of shoji.
Note: This can also be a family name in Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese (in Vietnamese it's Vương).
See Also: Queen
金 is how the name King is transliterated into Mandarin Chinese.
The meaning of this character is metal or gold, and it only vaguely sounds like “king”. But it was used in many articles for famous people like Larry King. If my last name was “King”, I would rather use the character 王 which means king, and romanizes as “wang” or “wong.”
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your wong search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
わん see styles |
wan ワン |
(onomatopoeic or mimetic word) woof; bark; (personal name) Wann; Wong |
城隍 see styles |
chéng huáng cheng2 huang2 ch`eng huang cheng huang joukou / joko じょうこう |
Shing Wong (deity in Chinese mythology) (1) (rare) castle and moat; castle's moat; (2) City God (Taoist guardian god of a city) |
王菲 see styles |
wáng fēi wang2 fei1 wang fei uぉnfuぇi うぉんふぇい |
Faye Wong (1969-), Hong Kong pop star and actress (personal name) Wonfei |
黄韮 see styles |
kinira きにら |
(kana only) Chinese yellow chives (Allium tuberosum); Chinese leek sprouts; yellow garlic chives; gau wong |
キニラ see styles |
kinira キニラ |
(kana only) Chinese yellow chives (Allium tuberosum); Chinese leek sprouts; yellow garlic chives; gau wong |
王光良 see styles |
wáng guāng liáng wang2 guang1 liang2 wang kuang liang |
Michael Wong (1970-), Malaysian Chinese singer and composer |
王家衛 王家卫 see styles |
wáng jiā wèi wang2 jia1 wei4 wang chia wei oukaei / okae おうかえい |
Wong Kar-wai (1956-), Hong Kong film director (personal name) Oukaei |
王祖賢 王祖贤 see styles |
wáng zǔ xián wang2 zu3 xian2 wang tsu hsien joiuぉn じょいうぉん |
Joey Wong (1967-), Taiwanese actress (personal name) Joiwon |
黃以靜 黄以静 see styles |
huáng yǐ jìng huang2 yi3 jing4 huang i ching |
Wong Yee Ching or Flossie Wong-Staal (1946-2020) Hong Kong American virologist, joint discoverer of the HIV AIDS virus |
黃大仙 黄大仙 see styles |
huáng dà xiān huang2 da4 xian1 huang ta hsien |
Wong Tai Sin district of Kowloon, Hong Kong See: 黄大仙 |
黃柳霜 黄柳霜 see styles |
huáng liǔ shuāng huang2 liu3 shuang1 huang liu shuang |
Anna May Wong (1905-1961), Chinese American Hollywood actress |
黃金寶 黄金宝 see styles |
huáng jīn bǎo huang2 jin1 bao3 huang chin pao |
Wong Kam-po (1973-), Hong Kong champion cyclist |
黃飛鴻 黄飞鸿 see styles |
huáng fēi hóng huang2 fei1 hong2 huang fei hung |
Wong Fei-hung (1847-1925), martial arts master |
黄にら see styles |
kinira きにら |
(kana only) Chinese yellow chives (Allium tuberosum); Chinese leek sprouts; yellow garlic chives; gau wong |
黄家駒 see styles |
komawon コマウォン |
(person) Wong Ka Kui (1962.06.10-1993.06.30; Hong Kong musician) |
Variations: |
kinira; kinira きにら; キニラ |
(kana only) Chinese yellow chives (Allium tuberosum); Chinese leek sprouts; yellow garlic chives; gau wong |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
King | 王 | ou / o | wáng / wang2 / wang | |
King | 金 | jīn / jin1 / jin | chin |
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Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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