皇后

Chinese

		divine, imperial; emperor	empress; queen
simp. and trad. (皇后)		皇	后

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huánghòu

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ hau⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fòng-heu
Min Nan (POJ): hông-hō͘ / hông-hiǒ / hông-hiō

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: huánghòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwanghow
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huánghòu
  - IPA ^(key): /xwɑŋ˧˥ xoʊ̯˥˩/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wong⁴ hau⁶
  - Yale: wòhng hauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ hau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ heo⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ˨˩ hɐu̯˨/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fòng-heu
  - Hakka Romanization System: fongˇ heu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fong² heu⁴
  - IPA: /foŋ˩ heu̯˥/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-hō͘
  - Tâi-lô: hông-hōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hongho
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ˨˦꜖꜖ hɔ˧˧/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ˨˧꜔꜔ hɔ˧˧/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ˩˧꜕꜕ hɔ˨˨/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ˨˦꜕꜕ hɔ˨˨/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-hiǒ
  - Tâi-lô: hông-hiǒ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ˨˦꜕꜕ hio˨˨/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-hiō
  - Tâi-lô: hông-hiō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: honghioi
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ˨˦꜖꜖ hio˧˧/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ˨˧꜔꜔ hiɤ˧˧/

Noun

皇后

empress, particularly an empress consort or (Hong Kong) the British Queen
皇后大道 [Cantonese] ― wong⁴ hau⁶ daai⁶ dou³ [Jyutping] ― Queen's Road

Usage notes

Usually not used for a female monarch, who is called 女皇 (nǚhuáng), but for the wife of a monarch.

Synonyms

中宮／中宫 (zhōnggōng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (皇后):

→ Japanese: 皇后 (こうごう) (kōgō)
→ Korean: 황후 (皇后, hwanghu)
→ Vietnamese: hoàng hậu (皇后)

Others:

→ Manchu: ᡥᡡᠸᠠᠩᡥᡝᠣ (hūwangheo)
→ Thai: ฮองเฮา (hɔng-hao)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
皇	后
こう Grade: 6	ごう Grade: 6
on’yomi

Noun

皇后 (hiragana こうごう, rōmaji kōgō)

empress consort

Related terms

中宮 (ちゅうぐう) (chūgū): another position translated as empress consort
天皇 (てんのう) (tennō): emperor of Japan

Korean

Hanja in this term
皇	后

Noun

皇后 • (hwanghu) (hangeul 황후)

Hanja form^? of 황후 (“empress”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
皇	后

Noun

皇后

Hán tự form of hoàng hậu (“empress consort”).

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