Sun Wukong
English
editSun Wukong statue and shrine at Waterloo Street, Singapore.
Statues of Sun Wukong and Tang Sanzang guarding the two shrines behind them at the Wat Chetawan Temple, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.
Sun Wukong statue and shrine at the Thien Hau Temple, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Etymology
editBorrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 孫悟空/孙悟空 (Sūn Wùkōng, literally “Monkey Awakened to Emptiness”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsʌn wuːˈkɒŋ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsʌn wuˈkɔŋ/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈsʌn wuˈkɑŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɒŋ
Proper noun
editSun Wukong
- (Chinese mythology) A fictional anthropomorphic monkey with various abilities and magical powers best known for being one of the main characters in the 16th-century Chinese epic Journey to the West, and is revered as a deity by some Buddhists and most Taoists.
Synonyms
editFurther reading
edit- Sun Wukong on Wikidata.Wikidata
- Sun Wukong on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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