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閻王
閻王
See also:
阎王
Chinese
gate of village
king; Wang (proper name)
trad.
(
閻王
)
閻
王
simp.
(
阎王
)
阎
王
Proper noun
閻王
(
Buddhism
,
Chinese
mythology
)
Yama
(
god of the underworld
)
Descendants
Cebuano:
yawa
Hiligaynon:
yawa
Tagalog:
yawa
Waray-Waray:
yawa
Noun
閻王
ferocious
or
strict
person
Synonyms
閻羅
/
阎罗
閻羅王
/
阎罗王
(
Yánluó Wáng
)
閻王爺
/
阎王爷
閻摩
/
阎摩
閻魔
/
阎魔
閻魔王
/
阎魔王
閻君
/
阎君
閻王老子
/
阎王老子
琰魔王
Etymology
A partial calque
of
Sanskrit
यमराज
(
yamarāja
)
.
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
Yánwáng
(
Zhuyin
)
: ㄧㄢˊ ㄨㄤˊ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
jim
4
wong
4
Min Nan
(
POJ
)
:
Giâm-ông
Wu
(
Wiktionary
)
:
nyi hhuaan (T3)
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
,
Beijing
)
+
Pinyin
:
Yánwáng
Zhuyin
:
ㄧㄢˊ ㄨㄤˊ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
Yanwang
IPA
(key)
:
/i̯ɛn³⁵ u̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
)
+
Jyutping
:
jim
4
wong
4
Yale
:
yìhm wòhng
Cantonese Pinyin
:
jim
4
wong
4
IPA
(
key
)
:
/jiːm²¹ wɔːŋ²¹/
Min Nan
(
Hokkien
:
Kaohsiung
,
Quanzhou
,
Taipei
,
Xiamen
,
Zhangzhou
)
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
:
Giâm-ông
Tâi-lô
:
Giâm-ông
Phofsit Daibuun
:
giam'oong
IPA (
Kaohsiung
)
:
/giam²³⁻³³ ɔŋ²³/
IPA (
Quanzhou
)
:
/giam²⁴⁻²² ɔŋ²⁴/
IPA (
Taipei
)
:
/giam²⁴⁻¹¹ ɔŋ²⁴/
IPA (
Xiamen
)
:
/giam²⁴⁻²² ɔŋ²⁴/
IPA (
Zhangzhou
)
:
/giam¹³⁻²² ɔŋ¹³/
Wu
(
Shanghainese
)
Wiktionary
:
nyi hhuaan (T3)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ȵi²² ɦɯɑ̃⁴⁴/
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