| 王 | wáng | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great; surname Wang |
| 王朝 | wáng cháo | dynasty |
| 王国 | wáng guó | kingdom; realm |
| 王莽 | Wáng Mǎng | Wang Mang (45 BC-23 AD), usurped power and reigned 9-23 between the former and later Han |
| 王子 | wáng zǐ | prince; son of a king |
| 王公 | Wáng gōng | princes and dukes |
| 王安石 | Wáng Ān shí | Wang Anshi (1021-1086), Song dynasty politician and writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家 |
| 王权 | wáng quán | royalty; royal power |
| 王明 | Wáng Míng | Wang Ming (1904-1974), Soviet trained Chinese communist, Comintern and Soviet stooge and left adventurist in the 1930s, fell out with Mao and moved to Soviet Union from 1956 |
| 王室 | wáng shì | Royal family; Royal household; the Throne; the King |
| 王位 | wáng wèi | title of king; kingship |
| 王国维 | Wáng Guó wéi | Wang Guowei (1877-1927), noted scholar |
| 王八 | wáng bā | tortoise; cuckold; (insult with the flavor of bastard, son of a bitch); cf 王八蛋 |
| 王导 | Wáng Dǎo | Wang Dao (276-339), powerful official of Jin dynasty and brother of general Wang Dun 王敦, regent of Jin from 325 |
| 王宫 | wáng gōng | imperial palace |
| 王敦 | Wáng Dūn | Wang Dun (266-324), powerful general of Jin dynasty and brother of civil official Wang Dao 王导, subsequently rebellious warlord 322-324 |
| 王充 | Wáng Chōng | Wang Chong (27-97), rationalist and critical philosopher |
| 王小波 | Wáng Xiǎo bō | Wang Xiaobo (1952-1997), scholar and novelist |
| 王侯 | wáng hóu | aristocracy |
| 王后 | wáng hòu | queen; CL:个,位 |
| 王府 | Wáng fǔ | Prince's mansion |
| 王昭君 | Wáng Zhāo jūn | Wang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 汉元帝, one of the Four legendary beauties 四大美女 |
| 王夫之 | Wáng fū zhī | Wang Fuzhi (1619-1692), wide-ranging scholar of the Ming-Qing transition |
| 王道 | wáng dào | the Way of the King; statecraft; benevolent rule; virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道 |
| 王水 | wáng shuǐ | Aqua regia |
| 王维 | Wáng Wéi | Wang Wei (701-761), Tang Dynasty poet |
| 王世充 | Wáng Shì chōng | Wang Shichong (-621), general of late Sui and opponent of early Tang |
| 王猛 | Wáng Měng | Wang Meng |
| 王丹 | Wáng Dān | Wang Dan (1969-), Chinese dissident, one of the leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement of 1989 |
| 王五 | Wáng Wǔ | Wang Wu, name for an unspecified person, third of a series of three: 张三, 李四, 王五 Tom, Dick and Harry |
| 王仙芝 | Wáng Xiān zhī | Wang Xianzhi, peasant leader during Huang Chao peasant uprising 黄巢起义 875-884 in late Tang |
| 王伾 | Wáng pī | Wang Pi (-c. 806), Tang dynasty chancellor and a leader of failed Yongzhen reform 永贞革新 of 805 |
| 王侯公卿 | wáng hóu gōng qīng | aristocracy |
| 王储 | wáng chǔ | Crown Prince; heir to throne |
| 王八蛋 | wáng bā dàn | bastard (insult); son of a bitch |
| 王冠 | wáng guān | crown |
| 王力宏 | Wáng Lì Hóng | Wang Lee-Hom (1976-), Taiwanese-American singer |
| 王勃 | Wáng Bó | Wang Bo (650-676), Tang poet |
| 王励勤 | Wáng Lì qín | Wang Liqin |
| 王化 | wáng huà | beneficial influence of the sovereign |
| 王叔文 | Wáng shū wén | Wang Shuwen (735-806), famous Tang dynasty scholar, Go player and politician, a leader of failed Yongzhen reform 永贞革新 of 805 |
| 王君如 | Wáng Xīn líng | Cyndi Wang (1982-), Taiwanese singer and actress |
| 王国聚会所 | wáng guó jù huì suǒ | Kingdom Hall |
| 王士禛 | Wáng Shì zhēn | Wang Shizhen (1634-1711), early Qing poet |
| 王太后 | Wáng tài hòu | Queen Dowager (in Europe); widowed queen; Queen mother |
| 王妃 | wáng fēi | princess (in Europe) |
王婆卖瓜，
自卖自夸 | wáng pó mài guā ,
zì mài zì kuā | every potter praises his own pot (idiom); all one's geese are swans |
| 王家 | wáng jiā | princely |
| 王家瑞 | Wáng Jiā ruì | Wang Jiarui (1949-), PRC politician and diplomat, from 2006 head of CPC central committee's external affairs department 对外联络部 |
| 王家卫 | Wáng Jiā wèi | Wong Kar Wai (Hong Kong director) |
