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diêm vương

Pronunciation Northern /ziəm˧˧ vɨəŋ˧˧/ Central /jiəm˧˥ jɨəŋ˧˥/ Southern /jiəm˧˧ jɨəŋ˧˧/
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Yama, King of Hell
Noun
Yama, King of Hell
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Noun

Sense 1 Noun
Yama, King of Hell Culture & Proper NounsTheme

Yama is the deity who rules the underworld and judges the dead according to East Asian religious traditions.

vi Truyền thuyết kể rằng Diêm Vương là người công minh.

en Legend says that Yama is a fair judge.

Proper noun

Sense 2 Proper noun
diêm vương
Parts
diêm / vương / 閻王
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Components

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diêm vương
Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
閻王
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
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sao diêm vương / diêm vương tinh / diêm dân / diêm dúa …
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Words containing this
diêm (match) — words using
vương (to cling) — words using
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