閻王

See also: 阎王

Chinese

gate of village king; Wang (proper name)
trad. (閻王) 閻 王
simp. (阎王) 阎 王

Etymology

Partial calque of Sanskrit यमराज (yamarāja).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 閻 王
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial (聲) 以 (36) 云 (35)
Final (韻) 鹽 (153) 陽 (106)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 余廉切 雨方切
Baxter yem hjwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/jiᴇm/ /ɦʉɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/jiɛm/ /ɦʷiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/jæm/ /ɣiuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/jiam/ /ɦuaŋ/
Li
Rong 		/iɛm/ /ɣiuaŋ/
Wang
Li 		/jĭɛm/ /ɣĭwaŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/i̯ɛm/ /iwaŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yán wáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jim4 wong4

Proper noun

閻王

  1. (Buddhism, Chinese mythology) synonym of 閻羅 / 阎罗 (Yánluó, “Yama (god of the underworld)”)
  2. (figuratively) very savage person

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 閻王 (“Yama”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 閻王, 閻羅, 閻羅王
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 閻王, 閻王爺, 閻羅, 閻羅王, 閻君
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 閻王, 閻王爺
Chengde 閻王爺
Chifeng 閻王爺
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 閻王爺
Heihe 閻王, 閻王爺
Qiqihar 閻王爺
Harbin 閻王, 閻王爺
Jiamusi 閻王爺
Baicheng 閻王, 閻王爺
Changchun 閻王爺
Tonghua 閻王爺
Shenyang 閻王, 閻王爺
Jinzhou 閻王, 閻王爺
Singapore 閻羅王
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 閻王爺
Tangshan 閻王, 閻王爺
Cangzhou 閻王爺
Baoding 閻王, 閻王爺
Shijiazhuang 閻王爺
Lijin 閻王, 閻王爺爺
Jinan 閻王, 閻王爺
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 閻王爺
Dandong 閻王, 閻王爺
Yantai 閻王
Yantai (Muping) 閻王, 閻王爺
Qingdao 閻王爺
Zhucheng 閻王, 閻王爺爺
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 閻王
Lingbao 閻王爺
Jining 閻王爺
Linfen 閻王爺
Shangqiu 閻王, 閻王爺
Yuanyang 閻王
Zhengzhou 閻王爺
Xinyang 閻王爺
Baihe 閻王, 閻王爺
Xi'an 閻王, 閻王爺
Baoji 閻王, 閻王爺
Tianshui 閻王爺
Xining 閻王, 閻王爺
Xuzhou 閻王老爺, 閻王, 閻王爺, 閻王老子
Fuyang 閻王, 閻王爺
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 閻王爺
Lanzhou 閻王, 閻王爺
Dunhuang 閻王爺
Hami 閻王, 閻王爺
Ürümqi 閻王爺
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 閻王, 閻王爺
Nanchong 閻王, 閻王老爺
Dazhou 閻王老爺
Hanyuan 閻王老爺
Xichang 閻王
Zigong 閻王
Chongqing 閻王
Wuhan 閻王, 閻王爺
Yichang 閻王, 閻王爺
Xiangyang 閻王, 閻王爺
Tianmen 閻王, 閻王五爹
Guiyang 閻王, 閻王爺
Zunyi 閻王
Bijie 閻王
Liping 閻王, 閻王老子
Zhaotong 閻王, 閻王老二
Dali 閻老王
Kunming 閻王, 閻王爺
Mengzi 閻王老爺
Guilin 閻王
Liuzhou 閻羅王, 閻王, 閻王爺, 閻王老子
Nanning (Fujian) 閻羅皇
Nanning (Wuming) 閻羅王
Hechi (Yizhou) 閻羅王, 閻王, 閻王爺
Luocheng (Dongmen) 閻王, 閻羅王
Tianlin (Langping) 閻王
Jishou 閻王
Changde 閻王老爺
Yongzhou 閻王菩薩
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) 閻王爺
Hanzhong 閻王, 閻王爺
Dagudi (Maliba) 閻老王
Reshuitang (Longling) 閻老王
Mae Salong (Lancang) 閻老王
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 閻王爺
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 閻王, 閻王爺, 閻王老爺
Yangzhou 閻王, 閻王老爺
Lianyungang 閻王, 閻王老爺
Lianshui 閻王老爺
Nantong 閻王, 閻王老爺
Anqing 閻王
Wuhu 閻王
Hefei 閻王
Hong'an 閻王老子, 閻王老子爺
Cantonese Guangzhou 閻羅王, 閻流王
Hong Kong 閻羅王
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 閻流王
Macau 閻流王
Guangzhou (Panyu) 閻頭王
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 閻流王
Guangzhou (Conghua) 閻羅王
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 閻流王
Foshan 閻流王
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 閻流王
Foshan (Shunde) 閻流王
Foshan (Sanshui) 閻流王
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 閻流王
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 閻流王
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 閻流王
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 閻流王
Zhuhai (Doumen) 閻流王
Jiangmen (Baisha) 閻流王
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 閻羅王
Taishan 閻羅王
Taishan (Guanghai) 閻羅王
Kaiping (Chikan) 閻羅王
Enping (Niujiang) 閻羅王
Heshan (Yayao) 閻王
Dongguan 閻羅王, 閻流王
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 閻流王
Wuzhou 閻羅王, 閻王
Yulin 閻王
Baise 閻羅王, 閻王爺
Qinzhou 閻羅王
Gan Nanchang 閻王
Pengze 閻王
Yanshan (Hekou) 閻王
Lichuan 閻王
Pingxiang 閻王
Hakka Meixian 閻王
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 閻頭王
Dongguan (Qingxi) 閻羅王
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 閻羅王
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 閻王
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 閻羅王
Yudu 閻王
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 閻羅王
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 閻羅王
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 閻羅王
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 閻羅王
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 閻羅王
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 閻羅王
Huizhou Jixi 閻王
Shexian 閻王
Jin Taiyuan 閻王爺
Yangyuan 閻王, 閻王爺, 閻君
Datong 閻王爺
Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou) 閻王爺
Xinzhou 閻王爺
Lüliang (Lishi) 閻王, 閻王爺兒
Changzhi 閻爺, 閻王爺
Linhe 閻王
Jining 閻王爺
Hohhot 閻王, 閻王爺
Erenhot 閻王, 閻王爺
Pingshan 閻王, 閻王爺
Zhangjiakou 閻王, 閻王爺
Handan 閻王, 閻王爺
Linzhou 閻王爺
Suide 閻王
Jiuxing Yumin Jiande 閻龍王
Jinhua 閻龍王
Lanxi 閻龍王
Tunxi 閻羅王
Northern Min Jian'ou 閻羅王
Eastern Min Fuzhou 閻羅王, 閻王
Southern Min Xiamen 閻羅王, 閻君爺
Quanzhou 閻羅王
Zhangzhou 閻羅王
Taipei (Wanhua) 閻羅王
Kaohsiung 閻羅王
Yilan 閻羅王
Changhua (Lukang) 閻羅王
Taichung 閻羅王
Taichung (Wuqi) 閻羅王
Tainan 閻羅王
Taitung 閻羅
Hsinchu 閻羅王
Penghu (Magong) 閻羅爺
Singapore (Hokkien) 閻羅王
Shantou 閻羅王
Haikou 閻羅王
Puxian Min Putian 閻君
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 閻君
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 閻君
Xianyou 閻君, 閻王
Xianyou (Fengting) 閻君
Xianyou (Youyang) 閻君, 閻王
Central Min Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) 閻王
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 閻流王
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 閻羅王
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 閻龍王
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dongbianzhou) 閻王
Wu Shanghai 閻羅王, 閻王
Shanghai (Chongming) 閻羅王
Suzhou 閻洛王
Danyang 閻王
Hangzhou 閻羅王
Hangzhou (Fuyang) 閻羅王
Ningbo 閻羅大王
Wenzhou 閻羅王
Jinhua 閻龍王
Xiang Changsha 閻王
Xiangxiang (Meiqiao) 閻王
Loudi 閻王
Hengshan 閻王老子
Hengshan (Baiguo) 閻王老子
Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao) 閻王

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Cebuano: yawa
  • Hiligaynon: yawa
  • Tagalog: yawa
  • Waray-Waray: yawa

Noun

閻王

  1. (figurative) ferocious or strict person; tyrant

References

  • 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “1510 阎王”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 439.
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