魔王

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Chinese

		devil	king
trad. (魔王)		魔	王
simp. ^#(魔王)		魔	王

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mówáng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄨㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mo¹ wong⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mô͘-ông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mówáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄨㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mówáng
  - Wade–Giles: mo²-wang²
  - Yale: mwó-wáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mowang
  - Palladius: мован (movan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ wɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mo¹ wong⁴
  - Yale: mō wòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mo¹ wong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mo¹ wong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-ông
  - Tâi-lô: môo-ông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mo'oong
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² ɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² ɔŋ¹³/

Middle Chinese: ma hjwang

Rime
Character	魔	王
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	莫婆切	雨方切
Baxter	ma	hjwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑ/	/ɦʉɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/muɑ/	/ɦʷiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑ/	/ɣiuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwa/	/ɦuaŋ/
Li Rong	/muɑ/	/ɣiuaŋ/
Wang Li	/muɑ/	/ɣĭwaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑ/	/iwaŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mó	wáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mo⁴	wong⁴

Noun

魔王

(religion) devil king
(figuratively) very evil person; fiend
- 專制魔王爲了要維護他腐敗的統治，他們是殘酷又瘋狂，自從撕毀了政協的决議，又破壞了和平的協商 [MSC, trad.]
  专制魔王为了要维护他腐败的统治，他们是残酷又疯狂，自从撕毁了政协的决议，又破坏了和平的协商 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1947, 《慰勞歌》, in 國立中山大學學生工作委員會 (chief ed.), 《血債——「五·卅一」紀念手册》, page 87-88
  zhuānzhì mówáng wèile yào wéihù tā fǔbài de tǒngzhì, tāmen shì cánkù yòu fēngkuáng, zìcóng sīhuǐ le Zhèngxié de juéyì, yòu pòhuài le hépíng de xiéshāng
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
魔	王
ま Grade: S	おう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

魔(ま)王(おう) • (maō)

(religion) the devil, devil king
archenemy
(fantasy) leader of the underworld; dark lord
Coordinate term: 魔族 (mazoku, “one of the underworld”)

Usage notes

Despite the term containing 王 (ō, “king”), a 魔王 (maō) is not necessarily male. 魔王 (maō) can also refer to female demonic leaders.

Korean

Hanja in this term
魔	王

Noun

魔王 • (mawang) (hangeul 마왕)

Hanja form^? of 마왕 (“the devil, devil king”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
魔	王

Noun

魔王

chữ Hán form of ma vương (“devil king”).

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