HSK 5 · Society

王子 wángzǐ “prince” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 王子 means

  1. prince
  2. son of a king

How to say 王子

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale王wáng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale子zǐ3rd tone, dipping

王子 in a sentence

  1. 王子在森林中迷了路。

    Wángzǐ zài sēnlín zhōng mí le lù.

    The prince got lost in the forest.

    Sentence #346894 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 一位王子骑着白马到来了。

    Yí wèi wángzǐ qí zhe bái mǎ dàolái le.

    A prince arrived on a white horse.

    Sentence #9475787 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 王子爱上了一个樵夫的女儿。

    Wángzǐ àishàng le yí ge qiáofū de nǚ'ér.

    The prince fell in love with a woodcutter’s daughter.

    Sentence #803891 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 王子 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 王 (wáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
王wángking or monarch
  • 一one · yī
  • 土earth · tǔ
The character 子 (zi) with each of its parts in a different colour
子zǐson
  • 了clear · le
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidA baby with its arms out and its legs wrapped up.

How to write 王子

王 4 strokes · 子 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 王子

Words with 王

国王guówáng · king

Words with 子

儿子érzi · son椅子yǐzi · chair桌子zhuōzi · table杯子bēizi · cup妻子qīzi · wife孩子háizi · child本子běnzi · book子zi · (common noun suffix)裤子kùzi · pants帽子màozi · hat

More words: Society & Law

人口rénkǒu · population士兵shìbīng · soldier偷tōu · to steal外交wàijiāo · diplomacy违反wéifǎn · to violate (a law)移民yímín · to immigrate义务yìwù · duty战争zhànzhēng · war

FAQs

王子 (wángzǐ) means “prince” or “son of a king”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it wángzǐ: wáng with a 2nd tone, then zǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 王子 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wangzi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 王子 from the suggestions. Typing wangzi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
王子 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.