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Chinese
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feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant; lord; master; hegemon; usurp
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king; Wang (proper name)
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| trad. (霸王)
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霸
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王
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| simp. #(霸王)
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霸
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王
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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霸
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王
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| Reading #
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1/2
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1/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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bà
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wáng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ pæH ›
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‹ hjwang ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*pˁrak-s/
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/*ɢʷaŋ/
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| English
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have hegemony
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king
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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霸
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王
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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| No.
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181
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12742
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Phonetic
component
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霸
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王
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Rime
group
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暮
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陽
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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霸
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王
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Old
Chinese
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/*praːɡs/
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/*ɢʷaŋ/
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Noun
霸王
- (literary, historical) overlord and king
- hegemon; overlord
- tyrant; despot; dictator
Derived terms
See also
Proper noun
霸王
- Short for 西楚霸王 (Xīchǔ Bàwáng, “Xiang Yu”).
Derived terms
Descendants