霸王

霸王

Chinese

		feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant; lord; master; hegemon; usurp	king; Wang (proper name)
trad. (霸王)		霸	王
simp. #(霸王)		霸	王

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàwáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˋ ㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa³ wong⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pa-vòng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): pà-ông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ba³ uang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàwáng → bàwang (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˋ ㄨㄤˊ → ㄅㄚˋ ˙ㄨㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàwång
    • Wade–Giles: pa⁴-wang⁵
    • Yale: bà-wang
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bah.wang
    • Palladius: баван (bavan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵¹ wɑŋ³⁵/ → /pä⁵¹ wɑŋ¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa³ wong⁴
    • Yale: ba wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa³ wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba³ wong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː³³ wɔːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pa-vòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ba vongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ba⁴ vong²
    • Sinological IPA: /pa⁵⁵ voŋ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pà-ông
    • Tâi-lô: pà-ông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: paroong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pa²¹⁻⁵³ ɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pa⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pa²¹⁻⁵³ ɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pa¹¹⁻⁵³ ɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa²¹⁻⁴¹ ɔŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ba³ uang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pà uâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa²¹³⁻⁵⁵ uaŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /pˠa^H  ɦʉɐŋ/

Rime
Character	霸	王
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	必駕切	雨方切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠaH/	/ɦʉɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚaH/	/ɦʷiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/paH/	/ɣiuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paɨH/	/ɦuaŋ/
Li Rong	/paH/	/ɣiuaŋ/
Wang Li	/paH/	/ɣĭwaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/paH/	/iwaŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bà	wáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	baa3	wong4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤrak-s  ɢʷaŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*praːɡs  ɢʷaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	霸	王
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bà	wáng
Middle Chinese	‹ pæH ›	‹ hjwang ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁrak-s/	/*ɢʷaŋ/
English	have hegemony	king
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	霸	王
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	181	12742
Phonetic component	霸	王
Rime group	暮	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	霸	王
Old Chinese	/*praːɡs/	/*ɢʷaŋ/

Noun

霸王

1. (literary, historical) overlord and king
2. hegemon; overlord
3. tyrant; despot; dictator

Derived terms

土霸王 小霸王 (xiǎobàwáng) 楚霸王 楚霸王困垓下 空中霸王 草霸王 西楚霸王 (Xīchǔ Bàwáng) 霸王卸甲 霸王悲歌

霸王棋 霸王略 霸王花 (bàwánghuā) 霸王鞭 (bàwángbiān) 霸王餐 (bàwángcān) 霸王條款／霸王条款 (bàwáng tiáokuǎn) 霸王樹／霸王树 (bàwángshù) 霸王風月／霸王风月 霸王龍／霸王龙 (bàwánglóng)

See also

• 暴君 (bàojūn)

Proper noun

霸王

1. Short for 西楚霸王 (Xīchǔ Bàwáng, “Xiang Yu”).

Derived terms

霸王硬上弓 (bàwáng yìng shàng gōng)

霸王別姬／霸王别姬

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (霸王):

• → Japanese: 覇王(はおう) (haō)