霸王

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Chinese

feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant
feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant; lord; master; hegemon; usurp
 
king; Wang (proper name)
trad. (霸王)
simp. #(霸王)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (1) (35)
Final () (98) (106)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () II III
Fanqie
Baxter paeH hjwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pˠaH/ /ɦʉɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/pᵚaH/ /ɦʷiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/paH/ /ɣiuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/paɨH/ /ɦuaŋ/
Li
Rong
/paH/ /ɣiuaŋ/
Wang
Li
/paH/ /ɣĭwaŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/paH/ /iwaŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
baa3 wong4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wáng
Middle
Chinese
‹ H › ‹ hjwang ›
Old
Chinese
/*pˁrak-s/ /*ɢʷaŋ/
English have hegemony king

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 181 12742
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*praːɡs/ /*ɢʷaŋ/

Noun

霸王

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

Derived terms

See also

Proper noun

霸王

  1. Short for 西楚霸王 (Xīchǔ Bàwáng, “Xiang Yu”).

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (霸王):
  • Japanese: 覇王(はおう) (haō)