先帝

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	emperor
simp. and trad. (先帝)		先	帝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāndì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ dai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāndì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siandì
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-ti⁴
    • Yale: syān-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiandih
    • Palladius: сяньди (sjanʹdi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ dai³
    • Yale: sīn dai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ dai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ dei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ tɐi̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: sen tejH

Rime
Character	先	帝
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	蘇前切	都計切
Baxter	sen	tejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sen/	/teiH/
Pan Wuyun	/sen/	/teiH/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛn/	/tɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛn/	/tɛjH/
Li Rong	/sen/	/teiH/
Wang Li	/sien/	/tieiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/sien/	/tieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiān	dì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sin1	dai3

Noun

先帝

1. (archaic) deceased emperor