male ruler of an independent stateExample Sentence:国王进来时,宫廷里所有人都向他躬身行礼。Guówáng jìnlái shí, gōngtíng lǐ suǒyǒu rén dōu xiàng tā gōng shēn háng lǐ.When the king came in, everyone in the court bowed to him.