皇位

Chinese

		emperor; surname	position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
simp. and trad. (皇位)		皇	位

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huángwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ wai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huángwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huángwèi
    • Wade–Giles: huang²-wei⁴
    • Yale: hwáng-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangwey
    • Palladius: хуанвэй (xuanvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wong⁴ wai⁶
    • Yale: wòhng waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ wɐi̯²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 王位 皇位

Noun

皇位

1. throne
2. the title of the emperor

Synonyms

• (throne):

• 位 (wèi) (literary, or in compounds)
• 寶座／宝座 (bǎozuò)
• 御座 (yùzuò)
• 王位 (wángwèi)
• 王座 (wángzuò)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
皇	位
こう Grade: 6	い Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こ​ーい [kóꜜòì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːi]

Noun

皇(こう)位(い) • (kōi) ^{←くゎうゐ (kwawi)?}

1. the imperial throne

   皇(こう)位(い)を継(けい)承(しょう)する

   kōi o keishō suru

   to succeed to the throne

2. (specifically) the Chrysanthemum Throne, the monarchy of Japan

Synonyms

• 御座(ござ) (goza)
• 王(おう)座(ざ) (ōza)