# 霸王
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bàwáng
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˋ ㄨㄤˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): baa$^3$ wong$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): pa-vòng
    (Hailu, HRS): ba$^ˇ$ vong
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ba$^4$ orng$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pà-ông
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ba$^3$ uang$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bàwáng → bàwang (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˋ ㄨㄤˊ → ㄅㄚˋ ˙ㄨㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bàwång
*** Wade–Giles: pa$^4$-wang$^5$
*** Yale: bà-wang
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bah.wang
*** Palladius: баван (bavan)
*** Sinological IPA : /pä⁵¹ wɑŋ³⁵/ → /pä⁵¹ wɑŋ¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baa$^3$ wong$^4$
*** Yale: ba wòhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baa$^3$ wong$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ba$^3$ wong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /paː³³ wɔːŋ²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pa-vòng
*** Hakka Romanization System: ba vong$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ba$^4$ vong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /pa⁵⁵ voŋ¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ba$^ˇ$ vong
*** Sinological IPA: /pa¹¹ voŋ⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ba$^4$ orng$^2$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ba̍-ó̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /pa⁴² ɒŋ¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ba$^4$ orng$^2$ [Phonetic: ba$^1$ orng$^2$]
*** Sinological IPA : /pa⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ɒŋ¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pà-ông
*** Tâi-lô: pà-ông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: paroong
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pa²¹⁻⁵³ ɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pa⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pa²¹⁻⁵³ ɔŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pa¹¹⁻⁵³ ɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa²¹⁻⁴¹ ɔŋ²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ba$^3$ uang$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pà uâng
*** Sinological IPA : /pa²¹³⁻⁵⁵ uaŋ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: paeH hjwang
Rime :
| Character | 霸 | 王 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (98) | 陽 (106) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | II | III |
| Fanqie | 必駕切 | 雨方切 |
| Baxter | paeH | hjwang |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pˠa$^H$/ | /ɦʉɐŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pᵚa$^H$/ | /ɦʷiɐŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pa$^H$/ | /ɣiuɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /paɨ$^H$/ | /ɦuaŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /pa$^H$/ | /ɣiuaŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /pa$^H$/ | /ɣĭwaŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pa$^H$/ | /iwaŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bà | wáng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | baa$^3$ | wong$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤrak-s ɢʷaŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*praːɡs ɢʷaŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 霸 | 王 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bà | wáng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pæ$^H$ › | ‹ hjwang › |
| Old Chinese | /*pˁrak-s/ | /*ɢʷaŋ/ |
| English | have hegemony | king |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 霸 | 王 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| No. | 181 | 12742 |
| Phonetic component | 霸 | 王 |
| Rime group | 暮 | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 霸 | 王 |
| Old Chinese | /*praːɡs/ | /*ɢʷaŋ/ |

### Noun

霸王
* (literary, historical) overlord and king
* hegemon; overlord
* tyrant; despot; dictator

#### Derived terms

* 土霸王
* 小霸王 (xiǎobàwáng)
* 楚霸王
* 楚霸王困垓下
* 空中霸王
* 草霸王
* 西楚霸王 (Xīchǔ Bàwáng)
* 霸王卸甲
* 霸王悲歌
* 霸王條款 / 霸王条款 (bàwáng tiáokuǎn)
* 霸王棋
* 霸王樹 / 霸王树 (bàwángshù)
* 霸王略
* 霸王花 (bàwánghuā)
* 霸王鞭 (bàwángbiān)
* 霸王風月 / 霸王风月
* 霸王餐 (bàwángcān)
* 霸王龍 / 霸王龙 (bàwánglóng)

#### See also

* 暴君 (bàojūn)

### Proper noun

霸王
* Short for 西楚霸王 (Xīchǔ Bàwáng, “Xiang Yu”).

#### Derived terms

* 霸王別姬 / 霸王别姬
* 霸王硬上弓 (bàwáng yìng shàng gōng)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 覇王(はおう) (haō)