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

(Hailu, HRS): ba^ˇ vong
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ba⁴ orng²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pà-ông

(Teochew, Peng'im): ba³ uang⁵

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–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baa³ wong⁴
  - Yale: ba wòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baa³ wong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ba³ wong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː³³ wɔːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pa-vòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: ba vong^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ba⁴ vong²
  - Sinological IPA: /pa⁵⁵ voŋ¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ba^ˇ vong
  - Sinological IPA: /pa¹¹ voŋ⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ba⁴ orng²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ba̍-ó̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa⁴² ɒŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ba⁴ orng² [Phonetic: ba¹ orng²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ɒŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (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/

Middle Chinese: paeH hjwang

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
Baxter	paeH	hjwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠa^H/	/ɦʉɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚa^H/	/ɦʷiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/pa^H/	/ɣiuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paɨ^H/	/ɦuaŋ/
Li Rong	/pa^H/	/ɣiuaŋ/
Wang Li	/pa^H/	/ɣĭwaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pa^H/	/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	‹ pæ^H ›	‹ 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

(literary, historical) overlord and king
hegemon; overlord
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
霸王條款 / 霸王条款 (bàwáng tiáokuǎn)
霸王棋
霸王樹 / 霸王树 (bàwángshù)
霸王略
霸王花 (bàwánghuā)
霸王鞭 (bàwángbiān)
霸王風月 / 霸王风月
霸王餐 (bàwángcān)
霸王龍 / 霸王龙 (bàwánglóng)

Proper noun

霸王

short for 西楚霸王 (Xīchǔ Bàwáng, “Xiang Yu”)

Derived terms

霸王別姬 / 霸王别姬
霸王硬上弓 (bàwáng yìng shàng gōng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (霸王):

→ Japanese: 覇王(はおう) (haō)

Chinese

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

See also

Proper noun

Derived terms

Descendants