--- title: "Black Myth: Wukong in Chinese, with every chapter, boss and name in pinyin" description: "You play 天命人, the Destined One. Each chapter’s boss, from the Black Bear Guai to Red Boy, is a demon from Journey to the West. Their Chinese names with pinyin, what they mean, and where to read their story in easy Chinese." canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/guides/black-myth-wukong-chinese" published: "2026-10-25" updated: "2026-10-25" author: "Mandarin The Wild" --- # 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. By Mandarin The WildUpdated 25 October 20263 min read We make Mandarin The Wild. The short answer Black Myth: Wukong (黑神话：悟空, Hēi Shénhuà: Wùkōng) retells Journey to the West (西游记), the 16th-century novel about the Monkey King.1 You play 天命人 (tiānmìngrén), the Destined One, and every chapter's boss is a demon from the novel: 黑熊精, the Black Bear Guai, first, and the Great Sage himself, 齐天大圣, last.2 Learn their names and read their story in easy Chinese first, and the game's Chinese stops being a wall of characters. ## 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。 yāoguài: “A demon lives on this mountain.” 妖yāo怪guài Noun 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](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/series/journey-to-the-west) 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](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/a-teacher-across-the-sea-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-2). - **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](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/seventy-two-changes-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-3). - **金箍棒 jīngū bàng**, his gold-banded staff, the staff you fight with in the game: [The Dragon King’s Treasure](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-dragon-kings-treasure-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-4). - **齐天大圣 Qítiān Dàshèng**, Great Sage Equal to Heaven, the title he gives himself: [Great Sage Equal to Heaven](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/great-sage-equal-to-heaven-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-6). - **二郎神 Èrláng Shén**, the god who fights and catches him, the fight the game's story begins from: [Havoc in Heaven](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/havoc-in-heaven-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-7). - **紧箍咒 jǐngū zhòu**, the spell that tightens the band on his head: [The Tightening Spell](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-tightening-spell-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-11). - **黑熊精 Hēixióng Jīng**, the game's first great boss, and the robe he steals: [Fire at Guanyin Temple](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/fire-at-guanyin-temple-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-13) and [The Black Bear Demon](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-black-bear-demon-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-14). - **猪八戒 Zhū Bājiè**, Pigsy, the monk's second disciple: [Pigsy Joins](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/pigsy-joins-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-15). ## How to play it in Chinese - **Read the story first.** The Library tells Journey to the West in easy Chinese, and at an [intermediate](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/series/journey-to-the-west-intermediate) and an [advanced](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/series/journey-to-the-west-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](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/black-myth-wukong) 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](https://mandarinthewild.com/snap) 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](https://mandarinthewild.com/extension). For more on learning from games, see [how to learn Chinese from video games](https://mandarinthewild.com/guides/learn-chinese-from-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. ## Sources Checked on 25 October 2026. Prices and features change; tell us if one has. 1. [Wikipedia: Black Myth: Wukong, its story, chapters and bosses (read October 2026)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Myth:_Wukong) 2. [维基百科：黑神话：悟空, its chapters, places and bosses in Chinese (read October 2026)](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BB%91%E7%A5%9E%E8%AF%9D%EF%BC%9A%E6%82%9F%E7%A9%BA) ## Keep exploring - [Guide游戏Learn Chinese from video games](https://mandarinthewild.com/guides/learn-chinese-from-games) - [Guide故事Chinese graded readers](https://mandarinthewild.com/guides/chinese-graded-readers) - [Guide小说Learn Chinese from novels](https://mandarinthewild.com/guides/learn-chinese-from-novels) Less going through the motions. More getting the meaning. ## The world is talking. Go get the meaning. [Add to Chrome](https://mandarinthewild.com/go/chrome) [Try the reader](https://mandarinthewild.com/read) Chrome and Edge on a computer. The reader works on any device. Bring your curiosity.We’ll meet you in the wild.