Sun Wukong

English

19th-century illustration of Sun Wukong.
Shrine and statue of Sun Wukong at Waterloo Street, Singapore.

Etymology

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 孫悟空 / 孙悟空 (Sūn Wùkōng, literally “Sun Awakened-to-Emptiness”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsʌn wuːˈkʰɒŋ/, /ˈsun wuːˈkʰɒŋ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsʌn wuˈkʰɔŋ/, /ˈsun wuˈkʰɔŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɒŋ

Proper noun

Sun Wukong

  1. (Chinese mythology) A fictional anthropomorphic monkey with various abilities and magical powers best known for being one of the main characters in the 16th-century Chinese epic Journey to the West, and is revered as a deity by some Buddhists and most Taoists.

Synonyms

  • Monkey King

Further reading

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