王不見王

Chinese

		king; Wang (proper name)	not; no	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	king; Wang (proper name)
trad. (王不見王)		王	不	見	王
simp. (王不见王)		王	不	见	王

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wángbùjiànwáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ bat¹ gin³ wong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wángbùjiànwáng [Phonetic: wángbújiànwáng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wángbùjiànwáng
    • Wade–Giles: wang²-pu⁴-chien⁴-wang²
    • Yale: wáng-bù-jyàn-wáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wangbujiannwang
    • Palladius: ванбуцзяньван (vanbuczjanʹvan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ wɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁴ bat¹ gin³ wong⁴
    • Yale: wòhng bāt gin wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ bat⁷ gin³ wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ bed¹ gin³ wong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ kiːn³³ wɔːŋ²¹/

Idiom

王不見王

1. (xiangqi) the rule that the two kings (generals) must never be on the same file without any pieces in between them