# 閻王
## Chinese
### Etymology

Partial calque of Sanskrit यमराज (yamarāja).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): Yánwáng
       (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄨㄤˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nyian$^2$ wang$^{2-1}$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jim$^4$ wong$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ien$^4$ uong
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): yam$^2$ vong$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): Ngià$^{→ngiá}$-uòng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Giâm-ông
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$gni-waon$_6$
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): nyienn$^2$ uan$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Yánwáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄨㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Yánwáng
*** Wade–Giles: Yen$^2$-wang$^2$
*** Yale: Yán-wáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yanwang
*** Palladius: Яньван (Janʹvan)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛn³⁵ wɑŋ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: nyian$^2$ wang$^{2-1}$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: nianwong
*** Sinological IPA : /nʲiɛn²¹ uaŋ²¹⁻⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jim$^4$ wong$^4$
*** Yale: yìhm wòhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jim$^4$ wong$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yim$^4$ wong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːm²¹ wɔːŋ²¹/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$炎黃／炎黄 閻王／阎王
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ien$^4$ uong
*** Sinological IPA : /iɛn³⁵ uɔŋ²/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: yam$^2$ vong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /iam¹¹ ʋɔŋ¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: Ngià$^{→ngiá}$-uòng
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋia⁵³⁻⁵⁵ uoŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Giâm-ông
*** Tâi-lô: Giâm-ông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: giam'oong
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiam²⁴⁻²² ɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiam²⁴⁻²² ɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiam¹³⁻²² ɔŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɡiam²⁴⁻¹¹ ɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiam²³⁻³³ ɔŋ²³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$gni-waon$_6$
*** MiniDict: nyi$^去$ waon$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$nyi-hhuaan$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi²² ɦuɑ̃⁴⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: nyienn$^2$ uan$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /n̠ʲi̯ẽ¹³ u̯an¹³/
* Middle Chinese: yem hjwang
Rime :
| Character | 閻 | 王 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 鹽 (153) | 陽 (106) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 余廉切 | 雨方切 |
| Baxter | yem | hjwang |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jiᴇm/ | /ɦʉɐŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jiɛm/ | /ɦʷiɐŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /jæm/ | /ɣiuɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /jiam/ | /ɦuaŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /iɛm/ | /ɣiuaŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭɛm/ | /ɣĭwaŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /i̯ɛm/ | /iwaŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yán | wáng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jim$^4$ | wong$^4$ |

### Proper noun

閻王
* (Buddhism, Chinese mythology) Synonym of 閻羅／阎罗 (Yánluó, “Yama (god of the underworld)”)
* (figuratively) very savage person

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 閻王, 閻羅, 閻羅王 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 閻王, 閻王爺, 閻羅, 閻羅王, 閻君 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 閻王, 閻王爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 閻王爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 閻王爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 閻王爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 閻王, 閻王爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 閻王爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 閻王, 閻王爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 閻王爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 閻王, 閻王爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 閻王爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 閻王爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 閻王, 閻王爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 閻王, 閻王爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 閻羅王 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 閻王爺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 閻王, 閻王爺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 閻王爺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 閻王, 閻王爺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 閻王爺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 閻王, 閻王爺爺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 閻王, 閻王爺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 閻王爺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 閻王, 閻王爺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 閻王 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 閻王, 閻王爺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 閻王爺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 閻王, 閻王爺爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 閻王 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 閻王爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 閻王爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 閻王爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 閻王, 閻王爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 閻王 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 閻王爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 閻王爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 閻王, 閻王爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 閻王, 閻王爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 閻王, 閻王爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 閻王爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 閻王, 閻王爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 閻王老爺, 閻王, 閻王爺, 閻王老子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 閻王, 閻王爺 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 閻王爺 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 閻王, 閻王爺 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 閻王爺 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 閻王, 閻王爺 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 閻王爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 閻王, 閻王爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 閻王, 閻王老爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 閻王老爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 閻王老爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 閻王 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 閻王 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 閻王 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 閻王, 閻王爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 閻王, 閻王爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 閻王, 閻王爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 閻王, 閻王五爹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 閻王, 閻王爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 閻王 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 閻王 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 閻王, 閻王老子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 閻王, 閻王老二 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 閻老王 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 閻王, 閻王爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 閻王老爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 閻王 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 閻羅王, 閻王, 閻王爺, 閻王老子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Fujian) | 閻羅皇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 閻羅王 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hechi (Yizhou) | 閻羅王, 閻王, 閻王爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luocheng (Dongmen) | 閻王, 閻羅王 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianlin (Langping) | 閻王 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 閻王 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 閻王老爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yongzhou | 閻王菩薩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 閻王爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 閻王, 閻王爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 閻老王 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 閻老王 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 閻老王 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 閻王爺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 閻王, 閻王爺, 閻王老爺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 閻王, 閻王老爺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 閻王, 閻王老爺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 閻王老爺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 閻王, 閻王老爺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 閻王 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 閻王 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 閻王 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 閻王老子, 閻王老子爺 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 閻羅王, 閻流王 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 閻羅王 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 閻流王 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 閻流王 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 閻頭王 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 閻流王 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 閻羅王 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 閻流王 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 閻流王 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 閻流王 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 閻流王 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 閻流王 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 閻流王 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 閻流王 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 閻流王 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 閻流王 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 閻流王 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 閻流王 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 閻羅王 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 閻羅王 |
| Cantonese | Taishan (Guanghai) | 閻羅王 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 閻羅王 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 閻羅王 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 閻王 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 閻羅王, 閻流王 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 閻流王 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 閻羅王, 閻王 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 閻王 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 閻羅王, 閻王爺 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 閻羅王 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 閻王 |
| Gan | Pengze | 閻王 |
| Gan | Yanshan | 閻王 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 閻王 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 閻王 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 閻王 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 閻頭王 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 閻羅王 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 閻羅王 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 閻王 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 閻羅王 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 閻王 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 閻羅王 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 閻羅王 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 閻羅王 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 閻羅王 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 閻羅王 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 閻羅王 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 閻王 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 閻王 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 閻王爺 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 閻王, 閻王爺, 閻君 |
| Jin | Datong | 閻王爺 |
| Jin | Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou) | 閻王爺 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 閻王爺 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 閻王, 閻王爺兒 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 閻爺, 閻王爺 |
| Jin | Linhe | 閻王 |
| Jin | Jining | 閻王爺 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 閻王, 閻王爺 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 閻王, 閻王爺 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 閻王, 閻王爺 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 閻王, 閻王爺 |
| Jin | Handan | 閻王, 閻王爺 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 閻王爺 |
| Jin | Suide | 閻王 |
| Jiuxing Yumin | Jiande | 閻龍王 |
| Jiuxing Yumin | Jinhua | 閻龍王 |
| Jiuxing Yumin | Lanxi | 閻龍王 |
| Jiuxing Yumin | Tunxi | 閻羅王 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 閻羅王 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 閻羅王, 閻王 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 閻羅王, 閻君爺 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 閻羅王 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 閻羅王 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 閻羅王 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 閻羅王 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 閻羅王 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 閻羅王 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 閻羅王 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 閻羅王 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 閻羅王 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 閻羅 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 閻羅王 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 閻羅爺 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 閻羅王 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 閻羅王 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 閻羅王 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 閻公 |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 閻王 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 閻流王 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 閻羅王 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 閻龍王 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dongbianzhou) | 閻王 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 閻羅王, 閻王 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 閻羅王 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 閻洛王 |
| Wu | Danyang | 閻王 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 閻羅王 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Fuyang) | 閻羅王 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 閻羅大王 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 閻羅王 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 閻龍王 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 閻王 |
| Xiang | Xiangxiang (Meiqiao) | 閻王 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 閻王 |
| Xiang | Hengshan | 閻王老子 |
| Xiang | Hengshan (Baiguo) | 閻王老子 |
| Xiang | Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao) | 閻王 |

#### Derived terms

* 十殿閻王／十殿阎王
* 活閻王／活阎王
* 活閻王／活阎王
* 見閻王／见阎王 (jiàn Yánwáng)
* 閻王債／阎王债
* 閻王叫你三更死，誰敢留人到五更／阎王叫你三更死，谁敢留人到五更 (Yánwáng jiào nǐ sāngēng sǐ, shéi gǎn liú rén dào wǔgēng)
* 閻王好見，小鬼難當／阎王好见，小鬼难当
* 閻王帳／阎王帐
* 閻王星／阎王星 (Yánwángxīng)
* 閻王殿／阎王殿
* 閻王殿大罷工──冇鬼用／阎王殿大罢工──冇鬼用
* 閻王爺／阎王爷 (Yánwángyé)
* 閻王老子／阎王老子
* 閻王賬／阎王账

#### Descendants

* Cebuano: yawa
* Hiligaynon: yawa
* Tagalog: yawa
* Waray-Waray: yawa

### Noun

閻王
* (figurative) ferocious or strict person; tyrant