閻羅王

See also: 阎罗王

Chinese

Yama king; Wang (proper name)
trad. (閻羅王) 閻羅 王
simp. (阎罗王) 阎罗 王

Etymology

Partial calque of Sanskrit यमराज (yamarāja).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 閻 羅 王
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/2
Initial (聲) 以 (36) 來 (37) 云 (35)
Final (韻) 鹽 (153) 歌 (94) 陽 (106)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Closed
Division (等) III I III
Fanqie 余廉切 魯何切 雨方切
Baxter yem la hjwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jiᴇm/ /lɑ/ /ɦʉɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/jiɛm/ /lɑ/ /ɦʷiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/jæm/ /lɑ/ /ɣiuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/jiam/ /la/ /ɦuaŋ/
Li
Rong
/iɛm/ /lɑ/ /ɣiuaŋ/
Wang
Li
/jĭɛm/ /lɑ/ /ɣĭwaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯ɛm/ /lɑ/ /iwaŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yán luó wáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jim4 lo4 wong4

Proper noun

閻羅王

  1. (Buddhism, Chinese mythology) Synonym of 閻羅/阎罗 (Yánluó, “Yama (god of the underworld)”)
  2. (Church of the East, historical) the Devil.

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Derived terms

References

  • Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “n̂g”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 341; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 341
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