西楚霸王

Xīchǔ Bàwáng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Hegemon-King of Western Chu, the title Xiang Yu took in 206 BC

项羽 Xiàng Yǔ Xiang Yu · military leader, 232–202 BC

Characters

Chu (the ancient state)

hegemon; to dominate

Examples

HSK 4

西楚霸王就是项羽。

Xīchǔ Bàwáng jiùshì Xiàng Yǔ.

The Hegemon-King of Western Chu is Xiang Yu.

HSK 4

西楚霸王把都城定在彭城，也就是今天的徐州。

Xīchǔ Bàwáng bǎ dūchéng dìng zài Péngchéng, yě jiùshì jīntiān de Xúzhōu.

The Hegemon-King of Western Chu made Pengcheng, today's Xuzhou, his capital.

Tips

history

After the fall of Qin, in 206 BC, Xiang Yu shared the empire out among eighteen kings and kept for himself the lands of 西楚 'Western Chu' around Pengcheng, with the title 霸王 'hegemon-king' to stand above them all. On its own 霸王 usually means him, as in 霸王别姬, his farewell to his consort.

Stroke Order

西 xī

楚 chǔ

霸 bà

王 wáng