| 王 | wáng | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great; surname Wang |
| 王朝 | wáng cháo | dynasty |
| 国王 | guó wáng | king; CL:个 |
| 王国 | wáng guó | kingdom; realm |
| 亲王 | qīn wáng | prince |
| 闯王 | Chuǎng Wáng | Chuangwang or Roaming King, adopted name of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成 (1605-1645) |
| 帝王 | dì wáng | regent; monarch |
| 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 |
| 蜂王 | fēng wáng | queen bee |
| 大王 | dà wáng | king; magnate; person having expert skill in something |
| 大王 | dài wang | robber baron (in opera, old stories); magnate |
| 王权 | wáng quán | royalty; royal power |
| 天王 | tiān wáng | emperor; god; Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title; see also 洪秀全 |
| 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 |
| 阎王 | Yán wáng | same as 阎罗王; Yama, King of Hell; translation of Sanskrit: Yama Raja |
| 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 |
| 摄政王 | shè zhèng wáng | regent |
| 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 |
| 龙王 | Lóng Wáng | Dragon King (mythology) |
| 冥王星 | Míng wáng xīng | Pluto (dwarf planet) |
| 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 |
| 海王星 | Hǎi wáng xīng | Neptune (planet) |
| 天王星 | Tiān wáng xīng | Uranus (planet) |
| 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 |
| 霸王 | bà wáng | hegemon; overlord; despot |
| 君王 | jūn wáng | sovereign king |
| 王水 | wáng shuǐ | Aqua regia |
| 王维 | Wáng Wéi | Wang Wei (701-761), Tang Dynasty poet |
| 女王 | nǚ wáng | queen |
| 勤王 | qín Wáng | to serve the king diligently; to save the country in times of danger; to send troops to rescue the king |
| 王世充 | Wáng Shì chōng | Wang Shichong (-621), general of late Sui and opponent of early Tang |
| 周武王 | Zhōu Wǔ wáng | King Wu of Zhou (-1043), personal name Ji Fa 姬发, reigned 1046-1043 BC as first king of Western Zhou dynasty 1046-1043 BC |
| 王猛 | Wáng Měng | Wang Meng |
| 世宗大王 | Shì zōng dà wáng | Sejong the Great or Sejong Daewang (1397-1450), reigned 1418-1450 as fourth king of Joseon or Chosun dynasty, in whose reign the hangeul alphabet was invented |
| 亚瑟王 | Yà sè wáng | King Arthur |
| 仙王座 | xiān wáng zuò | Cepheus (constellation) |
