閻羅王

See also: 阎罗王

Chinese

		Yama	king; Wang (proper name)
trad. (閻羅王)		閻羅	王
simp. (阎罗王)		阎罗	王

Etymology

A partial calque of Sanskrit यमराज (yamarāja).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yánluó Wáng
(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄨㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁴ lo⁴ wong⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Ngiàm-lò-vòng / Ngiàm-ló-vòng
Min Nan (POJ): Giâm-lô-ông
Wu (Wiktionary): nyi lu hhuaan (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Yánluó Wáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄨㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yanluo Wang
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn³⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ u̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jim⁴ lo⁴ wong⁴
  - Yale: yìhm lòh wòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁴ lo⁴ wong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yim⁴ lo⁴ wong⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jiːm²¹ lɔː²¹ wɔːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Ngiàm-lò-vòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngiamˇ loˇ vongˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngiam² lo² vong²
  - IPA: /ɲi̯am¹¹ lo¹¹ voŋ¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Ngiàm-lò-vòng / Ngiàm-ló-vòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngiamˇ loˇ vongˇ / ngiamˇ lo` vongˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngiam² lo² vong² / ngiam² lo³ vong²
  - IPA: /ɲi̯am¹¹ lo¹¹ voŋ¹¹/, /ɲi̯am¹¹ lo³¹ voŋ¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Giâm-lô-ông
  - Tâi-lô: Giâm-lô-ông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: giamloi'oong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /giam²⁴⁻²² lo²⁴⁻²² ɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /giam²⁴⁻²² lo²⁴⁻²² ɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /giam¹³⁻²² lo¹³⁻²² ɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /giam²⁴⁻¹¹ lo²⁴⁻¹¹ ɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /giam²³⁻³³ lɤ²³⁻³³ ɔŋ²³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: nyi lu hhuaan (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲi²² lv̩ʷ⁵⁵ ɦɯɑ̃²¹/

Proper noun

閻羅王

(Buddhism, Chinese mythology) Synonym of 閻羅／阎罗 (Yánluó, “Yama (god of the underworld)”).