累聖

Chinese

		accumulate; implicate; tired accumulate; implicate; tired; cumbersome	holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage
trad. (累聖)		累	聖
simp. (累圣)		累	圣
Literally: “the numerous sages”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lěishèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˇ ㄕㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lěishèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˇ ㄕㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lěishèng
    • Wade–Giles: lei³-shêng⁴
    • Yale: lěi-shèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leeishenq
    • Palladius: лэйшэн (lɛjšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵¹/

Noun

累聖

1. (archaic, literary) previous emperors (of a dynasty)
   • 709 - 785, Yan Zhenqing, 請復七聖諡號狀 [Petition to restore the posthumous names of the 7 emperors]‎^[1]:

     遂廣累聖之諡，有加至十一字者。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     遂广累圣之谥，有加至十一字者。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Suì guǎng lěishèng zhī shì, yǒu jiā zhì shíyī zì zhě. [Pinyin]

     Then they lengthened the posthumous names of the previous emperors; some were as long as eleven characters.