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sun wukong

/ˈsʌn wuˈkʰɔŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English

Syllables
sun wukong
IPA
/ˈsʌn wuˈkʰɔŋ/
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A fictional anthropomorphic monkey with various abilities and magical powers best known for being one of the main characters in the 16th-century Chinese epic Journey to the West, and is revered as a deity by some Buddhists and most Taoists.

Etymology

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 孫悟空 /孙悟空 (Sūn Wùkōng, literally “Sun Awakened-to-Emptiness”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, 孫悟空

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈsʌn wuˈkʰɔŋ/
  • British English: /ˈsʌn wuːˈkʰɒŋ/

Synonyms

Monkey King

Rhymes With

cong. mont-blanc pyeong

Questions

How do you pronounce sun wukong?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsʌn wuˈkʰɔŋ/.
What does sun wukong mean?
A fictional anthropomorphic monkey with various abilities and magical powers best known for being one of the main characters in the 16th-century Chinese epic Journey to the West, and is revered as a deity by some Buddhists and most Taoists.
Where does sun wukong come from?
It is traced to Chinese.

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