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Definition 2025

		king; Wang (proper name)	empress; queen; surname
simp. and trad. (王后)		王	后
anagram		后王

王后

王后 ‎(hiragana おうこう, romaji ōkō)

Hanja in this term
王	后

王后 • ‎(wanghu) ‎(hangeul 왕후)

Hán tự in this word
王	后

王后

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: wánghòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanghow
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯ɑŋ³⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wong⁵ hau⁶
  - Yale: wóhng hauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁵ hau⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ¹³ hɐu̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vông-heu
  - Hakka Romanization System: vong´ heu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vong¹ heu⁴
  - IPA: /voŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ he̯u⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ông-hiǒ
  - Tâi-lô: ông-hiǒ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔŋ²⁴⁻²² hiɤ²²/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ông-hiō
  - Tâi-lô: ông-hiō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: onghioi
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hio³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ²³⁻³³ hiɤ³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ông-hō͘
  - Tâi-lô: ông-hōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ongho
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ²³⁻³³ hɔ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɔŋ²⁴⁻²² hɔ²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔŋ¹³⁻²² hɔ²²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: hhuaan hheu (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /ɦɯɑ̃²² ɦɜ⁴⁴/