Etymology

Sun Wukong

Today it means: An 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. Full definition →

Chinese 孫悟空 /孙悟空
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  1. Chinese · borrowed from孫悟空 /孙悟空
  2. English todaySun Wukong

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”).

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