王者

Chinese

		king; Wang (proper name)	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does sth)
simp. and trad. (王者)		王	者

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wángzhě

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˊ ㄓㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ ze²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ông-chiá

  (Teochew, Peng'im): uang⁵ zia²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wángzhě
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˊ ㄓㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wángjhě
    • Wade–Giles: wang²-chê³
    • Yale: wáng-jě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wangjee
    • Palladius: ванчжэ (vančžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁴ ze²
    • Yale: wòhng jé
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ dze²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ zé²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ t͡sɛː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ông-chiá
    • Tâi-lô: ông-tsiá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ongciar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sia⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sia⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sia⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sia⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sia⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: uang⁵ zia²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uâng tsiá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sia⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: hjwang tsyaeX

Rime
Character	王	者
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	雨方切	章也切
Baxter	hjwang	tsyaeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉɐŋ/	/t͡ɕiaX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷiɐŋ/	/t͡ɕiaX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuɑŋ/	/t͡ɕiaX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuaŋ/	/ciaX/
Li Rong	/ɣiuaŋ/	/t͡ɕiaX/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwaŋ/	/t͡ɕĭaX/
Bernard Karlgren	/iwaŋ/	/t͡ɕi̯aX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wáng	zhě
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wong4	ze2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ɢʷaŋ  tAʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷaŋ  tjaːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	王	者
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wáng	zhě
Middle Chinese	‹ hjwang ›	‹ tsyæX ›
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷaŋ/	/*tAʔ/
English	king	(nominalizing particle)
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	王	者
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	12742	16960
Phonetic component	王	者
Rime group	陽	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	王	者
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷaŋ/	/*tjaːʔ/
Notes		說文古旅聲。甲金文象足印小坎積水， 爲瀦初文，用詹鄞鑫說

Noun

王者

1. (literary) king; monarch; emperor

   頭腦王者／头脑王者  ―  tóunǎo wángzhě  ―  Mind/Brain King (a popular gaming application)

2. (archaic, Confucianism) true king; kingly one (one who has lived up to the moral standards required to rule as a monarch)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (王者):

• → Japanese: 王者(おうじゃ) (ōja)
• → Korean: 왕자(王者) (wangja)
• → Vietnamese: vương giả (王者)

Proper noun

王者

1. (video games, informal) Short for 王者榮耀／王者荣耀 (Wángzhě Róngyào, “Honor of Kings”).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
王	者
おう Grade: 1	しゃ > じゃ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
王者 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [o̞ːʑa̠]

Noun

王(おう)者(じゃ) • (ōja) 

1. monarch