魔王

Chinese

		devil	king
trad. (魔王)		魔	王
simp. #(魔王)		魔	王

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mówáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo¹ wong⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): mô-vòng

  (Hailu, HRS): mo^ˋ vong

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): mor² orng²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mô͘-ông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mówáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mówáng
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-wang²
    • Yale: mwó-wáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mowang
    • Palladius: мован (movan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ wɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo¹ wong⁴
    • Yale: mō wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo¹ wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo¹ wong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mô-vòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: mo^ˊ vong^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo¹ vong²
    • Sinological IPA: /mo²⁴ voŋ¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: mo^ˋ vong
    • Sinological IPA: /mo⁵³ voŋ⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: mor² orng² [Phonetic: mor⁵ orng²]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: mó̤-ó̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɒ¹³⁻¹¹ ɒŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: mor² orng² [Phonetic: mor⁵ orng²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɒ²⁴⁻²¹ ɒŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-ông
    • Tâi-lô: môo-ông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mo'oong
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² ɔŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² ɔŋ¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: ma hjwang

Rime
Character	魔	王
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	莫婆切	雨方切
Baxter	ma	hjwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑ/	/ɦʉɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/muɑ/	/ɦʷiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑ/	/ɣiuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwa/	/ɦuaŋ/
Li Rong	/muɑ/	/ɣiuaŋ/
Wang Li	/muɑ/	/ɣĭwaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/muɑ/	/iwaŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mó	wáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mo4	wong4

Noun

魔王

1. (religion) devil king
2. (figuratively) very evil person; fiend

   • 專制魔王爲了要維護他腐敗的統治，他們是殘酷又瘋狂，自從撕毀了政協的决議，又破壞了和平的協商 [MSC, trad.]
     专制魔王为了要维护他腐败的统治，他们是残酷又疯狂，自从撕毁了政协的决议，又破坏了和平的协商 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1947, 《慰勞歌》, in 國立中山大學學生工作委員會 (chief ed.), 《血債——「五·卅一」紀念手册》, page 87-88

     zhuānzhì mówáng wèile yào wéihù tā fǔbài de tǒngzhì, tāmen shì cánkù yòu fēngkuáng, zìcóng sīhuǐ le Zhèngxié de juéyì, yòu pòhuài le hépíng de xiéshāng [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
魔	王
ま Grade: S	おう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma̠o̞ː]
• (Tokyo) まおー [màóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])

Noun

魔(ま)王(おう) • (maō) 

1. (religion) the devil, devil king
2. archenemy
3. (fantasy) demon leader of the underworld; dark lord

   Coordinate term: 魔族 (mazoku, “one of the underworld”)

Usage notes

Despite the term containing 王 (ō, “king”), a 魔王 (maō) is not necessarily male. 魔王 (maō) can also refer to female demonic leaders.

References

• “魔王”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
魔	王

Noun

魔王 • (mawang) (hangeul 마왕)

1. hanja form^? of 마왕 (“the devil, devil king”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
魔	王

Noun

魔王

1. chữ Hán form of ma vương (“devil king”)