玉皇上帝

Chinese

		the Jade Emperor	God; Shangdi
simp. and trad. (玉皇上帝)		玉皇	上帝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yùhuáng Shàngdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ wong⁴ soeng⁶ dai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yùhuáng Shàngdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yùhuáng Shàngdì
    • Wade–Giles: Yü⁴-huang² Shang⁴-ti⁴
    • Yale: Yù-hwáng Shàng-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yuhhwang Shanqdih
    • Palladius: Юйхуан Шанди (Jujxuan Šandi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶ wong⁴ soeng⁶ dai³
    • Yale: yuhk wòhng seuhng dai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ wong⁴ soeng⁶ dai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ wong⁴ sêng⁶ dei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² wɔːŋ²¹ sœːŋ²² tɐi̯³³/

Proper noun

玉皇上帝

1. (Chinese mythology, Chinese folk religion, Taoism) the Jade Emperor

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 玉皇大帝 (“Jade Emperor”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		玉皇大帝, 玉帝
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	玉皇大帝
	Singapore	玉皇大帝, 玉帝
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	玉皇大帝
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	玉皇爺
Cantonese	Hong Kong	玉皇大帝, 玉帝
Gan	Lichuan	玉皇大帝
Hakka	Yudu	玉皇大帝, 玉皇
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	玉皇大帝, 天公
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	玉皇大帝, 天公, 天公爺, 玉皇上帝, 天神爺
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	玉皇大帝, 天公, 天神爺, 天帝, 玉帝, 玉皇, 玉皇上帝
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	玉皇大帝, 天公
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	玉皇大帝, 天公
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	玉皇大帝, 天公
Huizhou	Jixi	玉皇大帝
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	玉皇大帝, 玉皇
Southern Min	Xiamen	玉皇大帝
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	玉皇大帝
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	玉皇上帝
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	玉皇大帝, 天公
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	玉皇大帝
	Yilan (Toucheng)	玉皇大帝, 天公
	Tainan	玉皇大帝, 天公
	Penghu (Xiyu)	玉皇大帝
	Penang (Hokkien)	天公
	Singapore (Hokkien)	天公
	Manila (Hokkien)	天公
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	玉皇大帝
Wu	Wenzhou	玉皇大帝
	Jinhua	玉皇大帝
Xiang	Changsha	玉皇菩薩, 玉皇大帝
	Loudi	玉皇大帝, 玉帝老子

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (玉皇上帝):

• → Japanese: 玉(ぎょく)皇(こう)上(じょう)帝(てい) (Gyokukō Jōtei)
• → Korean: 옥황상제(玉皇上帝) (Okhwangsangje)
• → Vietnamese: Ngọc Hoàng Thượng Đế (玉皇上帝)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
玉	皇	上	帝
ぎょく Grade: 1	こう Grade: 6	じょう Grade: 1	てい Grade: S
on'yomi

Proper noun

玉(ぎょく)皇(こう)上(じょう)帝(てい) • (Gyokukō Jōtei) 

1. Jade Emperor

Korean

Hanja in this term
玉	皇	上	帝

Proper noun

玉皇上帝 • (Okhwangsangje) (hangeul 옥황상제)

1. hanja form^? of 옥황상제 (“Jade Emperor”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
玉	皇	上	帝

Proper noun

玉皇上帝

1. chữ Hán form of Ngọc Hoàng Thượng Đế (“Jade Emperor”).