See also: 阎罗王

Chinese

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

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Partial calque of Sanskrit यमराज (yamarāja).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/2
Initial () (36) (37) (35)
Final () (153) (94) (106)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Closed
Division () III I III
Fanqie
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

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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.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  • 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