皇后
divine, imperial; emperor | empress; queen | ||
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simp. and trad. (皇后) |
皇 | 后 |
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: huánghòu
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄡˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huánghòu
- Wade–Giles: huang2-hou4
- Yale: hwáng-hòu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwanghow
- Palladius: хуанхоу (xuanxou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wong4 hau6
- Yale: wòhng hauh
- Cantonese Pinyin: wong4 hau6
- Guangdong Romanization: wong4 heo6
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɔːŋ²¹ hɐu̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fòng-heu
- Hakka Romanization System: fongˇ heu
- Hagfa Pinyim: fong2 heu4
- Sinological IPA: /foŋ¹¹ heu̯⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-hiǒ
- Tâi-lô: hông-hiǒ
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² hio²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-hiō
- Tâi-lô: hông-hiō
- Phofsit Daibuun: honghioi
- IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hio³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ hiɤ³³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: huang5 hou6
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huâng hŏu
- Sinological IPA (key): /huaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hou³⁵/
- Middle Chinese: hwang huwH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷˤaŋ ɢˤ(r)oʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷaːŋ ɡoːs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
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Character | 皇 | 后 |
Reading # | 2/2 | 1/1 |
Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
huáng | hòu |
Middle Chinese |
‹ hwang › | ‹ huwX › |
Old Chinese |
/*[ɢ]ʷˁaŋ/ | /*ɢˁ(r)oʔ/ |
English | sovereign | sovereign; queen |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
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Character | 皇 | 后 |
Reading # | 1/1 | 2/2 |
No. | 12696 | 5172 |
Phonetic component |
王 | 后 |
Rime group |
陽 | 侯 |
Rime subdivision |
0 | 0 |
Corresponding MC rime |
黃 | 𠋫 |
Old Chinese |
/*ɡʷaːŋ/ | /*ɡoːs/ |
Notes | 禮王制鄭注冕屬, 金文象羽冠,王聲;或雲象日射輝則爲暀晃初文 |
皇后
- empress, particularly an empress consort
- (Hong Kong, historical) the British Queen
- 皇后大道中 [Cantonese] ― wong4 hau6 daai6 dou6 zung1 [Jyutping] ― Queen's Road Central
- (tarot) the Empress
Usually not used for a female monarch, who is called 女皇 (nǚhuáng) or just 皇帝 (huángdì) (which is gender neutral), but for the wife of a monarch.
- 皇后區 (Huánghòuqū)
Others:
Kanji in this term | |
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皇 | 后 |
こう Grade: 6 |
ごう Grade: 6 |
on'yomi |
Hanja in this term | |
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皇 | 后 |
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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皇 | 后 |
皇后