HSK 5 · Society

国王 guówáng “king” in Chinese

Traditional 國王

What 国王 means

  1. king

How to say 国王

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale国guó2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale王wáng2nd tone, rising

国王 in a sentence

  1. 他像国王一样开心。

    Tā xiàng guówáng yíyàng kāixīn.

    He’s as happy as a king.

    Sentence #4147447 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 很久很久以前，在一座小岛上，住着一个老国王。

    Hěn jiǔ hěn jiǔ yǐqián, zài yí zuò xiǎo dǎo shàng, zhù zhe yí ge lǎo guówáng.

    Long, long ago, an old king lived on a small island.

    Sentence #1866985 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 国王住在城堡里。

    Guówáng zhù zài chéngbǎo lǐ.

    The king lives in the castle.

    Sentence #10854501 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 国王 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 国 (guó) with each of its parts in a different colour
国guócountry; nation; state
  • 囗enclosure · wéi
  • 玉jade · yù

Memory aidTreasure 玉 kept inside a country’s borders 囗.

The character 王 (wáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
王wángking or monarch
  • 一one · yī
  • 土earth · tǔ

How to write 国王

国 8 strokes · 王 4 strokes

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国王 (guówáng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 国王 (guówáng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 国王

Words with 国

国guó · country中国Zhōngguó · China出国chūguó · to go abroad外国wàiguó · foreign (country)国家guójiā · country国际guójì · international国籍guójí · nationality国庆节Guóqìngjié · PRC National Day (October 1st)祖国zǔguó · homeland国防guófáng · national defence

Words with 王

王子wángzǐ · prince

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公主gōngzhǔ · princess古典gǔdiǎn · classical官guān · government official规则guīzé · rule和平hépíng · peace华裔Huáyì · ethnic Chinese婚礼hūnlǐ · wedding ceremony婚姻hūnyīn · marriage

FAQs

国王 (guówáng) means “king”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it guówáng: guó with a 2nd tone, then wáng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 国王 is written 國王. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guowang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 国王 from the suggestions. Typing guowang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
国王 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.