皇帝陛下

Chinese

		emperor; the Emperor	Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
trad. (皇帝陛下)		皇帝	陛下
simp. #(皇帝陛下)		皇帝	陛下

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Huángdì bìxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ dai³ bai⁶ haa⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hông-tè pē-hā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Huángdì bìxià
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Huángdì bìsià
    • Wade–Giles: Huang²-ti⁴ pi⁴-hsia⁴
    • Yale: Hwáng-dì bì-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwangdih bihshiah
    • Palladius: Хуанди бися (Xuandi bisja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁴ dai³ bai⁶ haa⁶
    • Yale: wòhng dai baih hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ dai³ bai⁶ haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ dei³ bei⁶ ha⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ tɐi̯³³ pɐi̯²² haː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-tè pē-hā
    • Tâi-lô: hông-tè pē-hā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongdex pexha
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² te²¹⁻⁵³ pe²²⁻²¹ ha²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² te⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pe⁴¹⁻²² ha⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² te²¹⁻⁵³ pe²²⁻²¹ ha²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ te¹¹⁻⁵³ pe³³⁻¹¹ ha³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ te²¹⁻⁴¹ pe³³⁻²¹ ha³³/

Noun

皇帝陛下

1. Imperial Majesty; Your Majesty the emperor
2. Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty

Japanese

Kanji in this term
皇	帝	陛	下
こう Grade: 6	てい Grade: S	へい Grade: 6	か Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 皇帝 (hwang tej^H, literally “emperor + emperor”) + 陛下 (biei hæ^X, literally “throne + under”), with a compound meaning of “emperor of everything under the throne”.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーてーへ​ーか [kòótéé éꜜèkà] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːte̞ː he̞ːka̠]

Noun

皇(こう)帝(てい)陛(へい)下(か) • (kōtei heika) ^{←くわうていへいか (kwauteifeika)?}

1. imperial majesty

Usage notes

As a title or term of reference, the term 天皇陛下 (tennō heika) is much more common.