皇帝
Chinese edit
emperor; surname | emperor | ||
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simp. and trad. (皇帝) |
皇 | 帝 | |
anagram | 帝皇 |
Etymology edit
After a series of conquests ending in 221 BC, created as a title for King Zheng of Qin, who was styled Qin Shi Huangdi (literally “the First Emperor of the Qin dynasty”). The two component characters were originally the titles of the mythological rulers or deities known as the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors (三皇五帝 (Sānhuáng Wǔdì)).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
皇帝
Synonyms edit
- 乘輿/乘舆 (literary, figurative)
- 人主 (rénzhǔ) (literary)
- 人君 (rénjūn) (literary)
- 人王 (rénwáng)
- 元首 (yuánshǒu)
- 君上 (jūnshàng) (literary)
- 君主 (jūnzhǔ)
- 君父 (jūnfù) (literary)
- 君王 (jūnwáng)
- 國君/国君 (guójūn)
- 國家/国家 (guójiā) (Classical Chinese)
- 大聖/大圣 (dàshèng) (literary)
- 大駕/大驾 (dàjià)
- 天子 (tiānzǐ) (Son of Heaven)
- 官家 (guānjiā) (archaic)
- 帝王 (dìwáng)
- 皇辟 (huángbì) (archaic, Son of Heaven)
Derived terms edit
- 乞食身,皇帝喙
- 兒皇帝/儿皇帝
- 吃飯皇帝大/吃饭皇帝大
- 土皇帝 (tǔhuángdì)
- 天高皇帝遠/天高皇帝远 (tiān gāo huángdì yuǎn)
- 小皇帝 (xiǎohuángdì)
- 山高皇帝遠/山高皇帝远 (shān gāo huángdì yuǎn)
- 末代皇帝
- 死皇帝毋值得活乞食
- 皇帝不差餓兵/皇帝不差饿兵
- 皇帝不急,急死太監/皇帝不急,急死太监 (huángdì bùjí, jísǐ tàijiàn)
- 皇帝菜 (huángdìcài)
- 皇帝蟹 (huángdìxiè)
- 皇帝豆 (huángdìdòu)
- 皇帝輪流做,明年到我家/皇帝轮流做,明年到我家
- 臭頭仔嘛會做皇帝,做總統你嘛有機會/臭头仔嘛会做皇帝,做总统你嘛有机会
- 食飯皇帝大/食饭皇帝大
Descendants edit
Others:
See also edit
- 皇上 (huángshang)
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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皇 | 帝 |
こう Grade: 6 |
てい Grade: S |
kan’on |
Etymology edit
From Middle Chinese 皇帝 (ɦwɑŋ teiH). See also 三皇五帝 (Sankō Gotei) and 始皇帝 (Shikōtei).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
皇帝 • (kōtei) ←くわうてい (kwautei)?
- emperor (of a country other than Japan)
- East Asian empress regnant
- 則天大聖皇帝
- Sokuten Taisei Kōtei
- Great Sage Empress Zetian
- 則天大聖皇帝
- (tarot) the Emperor
Usage notes edit
- 天皇 (tennō) is generally used exclusively to refer to the Emperor of Japan, while 皇帝 (kōtei) is generally used exclusively to refer to emperors of other countries.
- An East Asian empress regnant has the same title as an emperor, not specifically "empress (regnant)" like in European languages. Similarly, a queen regnant has the same title as an emperor.
References edit
Khitan edit
Etymology edit
Orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 皇帝 (MC hwang tejH).
Noun edit
皇帝 (transliteration needed)
- emperor
- 1081, 《多羅里本郎君墓誌碑》 [Memorial for Lord Dorlipun]:
- 皇帝[⿱火日][⿰𤣩⿱⿻𠃊丨又]弃[⿻一⿵冂仌]囯[⿱火日][⿱干艹][⿻⿻二丨从]
- 皇帝之時於丹國之宰相
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References edit
- Cong, Yanshuang; Liu, Fengzhu; Chi, Jianxue (叢艷雙,劉鳳翥,池建學) (2005). 契丹大字《多羅里本郎君墓志銘》考釋 (A Textual Research and Explanation on the Inscription for Duoluoliben in Big Qidan Script). 《民族語文》 (Minority Languages of China), issue 4, page 54.
Korean edit
Hanja in this term | |
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皇 | 帝 |
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Vietnamese edit
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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皇 | 帝 |
Noun edit
皇帝