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title: "Black Myth: Wukong in Chinese (黑神话：悟空): 24 Names and Words With Pinyin | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "Black Myth: Wukong is 黑神话：悟空 (Hēi Shénhuà: Wùkōng) in Chinese: 黑 means “black”, 神话 “myth”, and 悟空 is the Monkey King’s given name. Every name and word with pinyin, free as a PDF, an Anki deck or a list in your Backpack."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/words/black-myth-wukong"
published: "2026-10-25"
updated: "2026-10-25"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

[Chinese words](https://mandarinthewild.com/words) · Game · Game Science, Hangzhou, 2024

# Black Myth: Wukong in Chinese

黑神话：悟空 Hēi Shénhuà: Wùkōng

Black Myth: Wukong is 黑神话：悟空 (Hēi Shénhuà: Wùkōng) in Chinese: 黑 means “black”, 神话 “myth”, and 悟空 is the Monkey King’s given name. You play 天命人 (tiānmìngrén), the Destined One, and every boss is a demon from Journey to the West (西游记), from 黑熊精, the Black Bear Guai, to 红孩儿, Red Boy.

## Take the list

- [PDF](https://mandarinthewild.com/api/downloads/words/black-myth-wukong.pdf)
- [Anki deck](https://mandarinthewild.com/api/downloads/words/black-myth-wukong-anki.apkg)
- [Spreadsheet](https://mandarinthewild.com/api/downloads/words/black-myth-wukong.csv)

## The bosses and heroes

天命人tiānmìngrénthe Destined One

- [孙悟空Sūn Wùkōngthe Monkey King](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/freed-from-the-mountain-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-10#library-word-182-185)
- [齐天大圣Qítiān Dàshèngthe Great Sage Equal to Heaven](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/pigsy-joins-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-15#library-word-363-367)
- [黑熊精Hēixióng Jīngthe Black Bear Guai](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/fire-at-guanyin-temple-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-13#library-word-685-688)

黄风大圣Huángfēng Dàshèngthe Yellow Wind Sage

黄眉Huáng MéiYellowbrow

百眼魔君Bǎiyǎn Mójūnthe Hundred-Eyed Daoist Master

红孩儿Hóng Hái’érRed Boy

牛魔王Niú Mówángthe Bull King

铁扇公主Tiěshàn GōngzhǔPrincess Iron Fan

- [猪八戒Zhū BājièZhu Bajie (Pigsy)](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/pigsy-joins-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-15#library-word-740-743)
- [二郎神Èrláng ShénErlang Shen](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/havoc-in-heaven-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-7#library-word-437-440)

## The places

- [黑风山Hēifēng ShānBlack Wind Mountain](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/fire-at-guanyin-temple-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-13#library-word-675-678)

黄风岭Huángfēng LǐngYellow Wind Ridge

小西天Xiǎo Xītiānthe New West

盘丝岭Pánsī Lǐngthe Webbed Ridge

火焰山Huǒyàn Shānthe Flaming Mountains

- [花果山Huāguǒ ShānMount Huaguo](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/monkey-king-born-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-1#library-word-19-22)

## Words from the story

- [妖怪yāoguàidemon, monster](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%A6%96%E6%80%AA)
- [金箍棒jīngū bàngthe gold-banded staff](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/freed-from-the-mountain-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-10#library-word-661-664)
- [筋斗云jīndǒu yúnthe somersault cloud](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/seventy-two-changes-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-3#library-word-298-301)
- [七十二变qīshí’èr biànthe seventy-two transformations](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/a-teacher-across-the-sea-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-2#library-word-1068-1072)
- [紧箍咒jǐngū zhòuthe tightening spell](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-tightening-spell-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-11#library-word-536-539)
- [神话shénhuàmyth](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E7%A5%9E%E8%AF%9D)

[The game’s story, chapter by chapter](https://mandarinthewild.com/guides/black-myth-wukong-chinese) [Read the story in easy Chinese](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/series/journey-to-the-west)

## Every name explains itself on any page

On a wiki, a guide or a stream’s chat in Chinese, point at a name and the extension shows its pinyin and meaning, and keeps it for Review.

[Add to Chrome](https://mandarinthewild.com/go/chrome?from=%2Fwords%2Fblack-myth-wukong) [Read in the Library](https://mandarinthewild.com/library)

[How it compares with Duolingo](https://mandarinthewild.com/compare/duolingo)

Names as the game writes them in Chinese and English. The Backpack keeps the 24 our dictionary knows.