美猴王
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]beautiful; beauty; America | monkey | king; Wang (proper name) | ||
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trad. (美猴王) | 美 | 猴 | 王 | |
simp. #(美猴王) | 美 | 猴 | 王 | |
Literally: “beautiful monkey king”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄏㄡˊ ㄨㄤˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Měihóuwáng
- Wade–Giles: Mei3-hou2-wang2
- Yale: Měi-hóu-wáng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Meeihourwang
- Palladius: Мэйхоуван (Mɛjxouvan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xoʊ̯³⁵ wɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Proper noun
[edit]美猴王
- An epithet for Sun Wukong, the main character in the classic novel Journey to the West.