Sun Wukong en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈsʌn wuːˈkʰɒŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈsʌn wuˈkʰɑŋ/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /ˈsun wuːˈkʰɒŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈsʌn wuˈkʰɔŋ/ (General-American)
- /ˈsun wuˈkʰɑŋ/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /ˈsun wuˈkʰɔŋ/ (General-American)
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”).
Meanings
- (Chinese) 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.