沙皇

Chinese

		phonetic	emperor; surname
simp. and trad. (沙皇)		沙	皇

Etymology

沙 (shā) ― borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ, “tsar, king, emperor”) + 皇 (huáng, “emperor”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāhuáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄏㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saa¹ wong⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sa-hông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāhuáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄏㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shahuáng
    • Wade–Giles: sha¹-huang²
    • Yale: shā-hwáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shahwang
    • Palladius: шахуан (šaxuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saa¹ wong⁴
    • Yale: sā wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saa¹ wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sa¹ wong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sa-hông
    • Tâi-lô: sa-hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sa'hoong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sa⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sa³³ hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sa⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sa⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sa⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ²³/

Noun

沙皇

1. tzar

Derived terms

• 沙皇國／沙皇国 (shāhuángguó)