Black Myth: Wukong in Chinese, and the story its bosses come from
Learn the names before you play, read the story they come from, then switch the game to Chinese.
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The chapters and their bosses
The game has six chapters, each named in four characters, each with its own place and its own boss.2
| Chapter | Place | Boss | In the novel |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 火照黑云 | 黑风山 Hēifēng Shān, Black Wind Mountain | 黑熊精 Hēixióng Jīng, the Black Bear Guai | Steals the monk's robe at Guanyin Temple |
| 2 风起黄昏 | 黄风岭 Huángfēng Lǐng, Yellow Wind Ridge | 黄风大圣 Huángfēng Dàshèng, the Yellow Wind Sage | Blows a wind that blinds Wukong |
| 3 夜生白露 | 小西天 Xiǎo Xītiān, the New West | 黄眉 Huáng Méi, Yellowbrow | Builds a false temple to trap the monk |
| 4 曲度紫鸳 | 盘丝岭 Pánsī Lǐng, the Webbed Ridge | 百眼魔君 Bǎiyǎn Mójūn, the Hundred-Eyed Daoist Master | Friend of the spider spirits, with eyes that shoot light |
| 5 日落红尘 | 火焰山 Huǒyàn Shān, the Flaming Mountains | 红孩儿 Hóng Hái'ér, Red Boy | Son of the Bull Demon King, who breathes fire |
| 6 未竟 | 花果山 Huāguǒ Shān, Mount Huaguo | 齐天大圣残躯 Qítiān Dàshèng cánqū, the Great Sage's broken shell | Wukong's own mountain, where he was born |
The names are made of words you can learn: 黑 (black) and 熊 (bear) with 精 (a spirit); 黄 (yellow) and 风 (wind) with 大圣 (great sage); 百 (a hundred) and 眼 (eyes) with 魔君 (demon lord); 红 (red) with 孩儿 (child). 妖怪 (yāoguài), a monster or demon, is the word for all of them.
这座山上住着一个妖怪。
monster; demon; goblin
The names you'll meet again and again
The game expects you to know the novel, and so does Chinese: these names come up in films, cartoons and everyday sayings too. Each links to the chapter of Journey to the West in Easy Chinese where it first comes, free to read and listen to in two voices.
- 孙悟空 Sūn Wùkōng, the Monkey King; 悟空 means "aware of emptiness", the name his teacher gives him in A Teacher Across the Sea.
- 七十二变 qīshí'èr biàn, his seventy-two transformations, and 筋斗云 jīndǒu yún, the cloud he somersaults across the sky on: Seventy-Two Changes.
- 金箍棒 jīngū bàng, his gold-banded staff, the staff you fight with in the game: The Dragon King’s Treasure.
- 齐天大圣 Qítiān Dàshèng, Great Sage Equal to Heaven, the title he gives himself: Great Sage Equal to Heaven.
- 二郎神 Èrláng Shén, the god who fights and catches him, the fight the game's story begins from: Havoc in Heaven.
- 紧箍咒 jǐngū zhòu, the spell that tightens the band on his head: The Tightening Spell.
- 黑熊精 Hēixióng Jīng, the game's first great boss, and the robe he steals: Fire at Guanyin Temple and The Black Bear Demon.
- 猪八戒 Zhū Bājiè, Pigsy, the monk's second disciple: Pigsy Joins.
How to play it in Chinese
- Read the story first. The Library tells Journey to the West in easy Chinese, and at an intermediate and an advanced level when that gets easy. Every word explains itself when you point at it or tap it, and Keep sends it to Review.
- Learn the six bosses' names. They are on screen at every fight, and each is two to four words you can take apart. Every name in the game is one list, to add to your Backpack in one press or print as a PDF.
- Switch the language once you know the story. Black Myth: Wukong was made in China by Game Science, in Chinese. With the story in your head, its Chinese text and voices are a retelling you already know, not a puzzle.
- Read what you can't stop to read. For a line on the screen, take a photo and Pinyin X-Ray puts pinyin and meanings over every word, on the device. A walkthrough or a fan wiki in a browser explains itself word by word with Mandarin The Wild. For more on learning from games, see how to learn Chinese from video games.
Questions
What is the Chinese name of Black Myth: Wukong?
黑神话：悟空 (Hēi Shénhuà: Wùkōng). 黑 means black, 神话 means myth, and 悟空 is the Monkey King’s given name, 孙悟空 (Sūn Wùkōng).
What does 天命人 mean?
天命人 (tiānmìngrén) is the name of the character you play: 天命 is heaven’s will or destiny and 人 a person, so the Destined One.
Is Black Myth: Wukong based on Journey to the West?
Yes. It retells the 16th-century novel Journey to the West (西游记), and each chapter’s boss is a demon from it, from the Black Bear Guai (黑熊精) to Red Boy (红孩儿). You can read the novel’s story in easy Chinese, free, in the Mandarin The Wild Library.
Who are the bosses in Black Myth: Wukong in Chinese?
黑熊精 (the Black Bear Guai), 黄风大圣 (the Yellow Wind Sage), 黄眉 (Yellowbrow), 百眼魔君 (the Hundred-Eyed Daoist Master), 红孩儿 (Red Boy) and 齐天大圣残躯 (the Great Sage’s broken shell), one for each of the six chapters.
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