法王

Chinese

		law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)	king; Wang (proper name)
simp. and trad. (法王)		法	王
anagram		王法

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎwáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˇ ㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ wong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎwáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎwáng
    • Wade–Giles: fa³-wang²
    • Yale: fǎ-wáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faawang
    • Palladius: фаван (favan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faat³ wong⁴
    • Yale: faat wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fad³ wong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːt̚³ wɔːŋ²¹/

Noun

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
法	王
ほう Grade: 4	おう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• Audio (Japan):

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Noun

法(ほう)王(おう) • (hōō) ^{←ほふわう (fofwau)?}

1. (historical) (also rendered as 法皇) Ex-emperor and monk; Ex-emperor in cloister who is also in Buddhist priesthood.
2. (Christianity) pope

Synonyms

• 教皇

Derived terms

• 法王権
• 法王庁

Suffix

法(ほう)王(おう) or 法王(suffix) • (hōō or suffix) ^{←ほふわう (fofwau)?}[[Category:Japanese
|ほうおう]]

1. (religion) a religious Leader (Lit. "King of the Law (Dharma)")

   ダライ・ラマ法王(ほうおう)

   Darai Rama-hōō

   His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Synonyms

• 院

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN