皇帝

Chinese
emperor; surname emperor
simp. and trad.
(皇帝)		 皇 帝

Etymology

First used by Qin Shi Huang (literally “First Emperor of the Qin dynasty”) as the self-proclaimed 始皇帝 (literally “First Emperor”), from 皇 (“sovereign”) +‎ 帝 (“emperor”). The two component words were originally the titles of the gods known as the 三皇五帝 (“Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors”).

Pronunciation

Noun

皇帝

  1. emperor
    輔佐皇帝 / 辅佐皇帝  ―  fǔzuǒ huángdì  ―  to assist an emperor

Synonyms

Derived terms
Derived terms from 皇帝

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (皇帝):

Others:

See also

Japanese
Kanji in this term
皇 帝
こう
Grade: 6		 てい
Grade: S
kan’on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 皇帝. See also 三皇五帝 (Sankō Gotei) and 始皇帝 (Shikōtei).

Pronunciation

Noun

皇帝 (hiragana こうてい, rōmaji kōtei, historical hiragana くわうてい)

  1. an emperor
  2. (tarot) the Emperor

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Khitan

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 皇帝 (MC ɦwɑŋ teiH).

Noun

皇帝

  1. emperor
    1081, 《多羅里本郎君墓誌碑》 [Memorial for Lord Dorlipun]:
    皇帝[⿱火日][⿰𤣩⿱⿻𠃊丨又]弃[⿻一⿵冂仌]囯[⿱火日][⿱干艹][⿻⿻二丨从]
    皇帝之時於丹國之宰相
    (please add an English translation of this quote)

References
  • Cong, Yanshuang; Liu, Fengzhu; Chi, Jianxue (叢艷雙，劉鳳翥，池建學) (2005). 契丹大字《多羅里本郎君墓志銘》考釋 (A Textual Research and Explanation on the Inscription for Duoluoliben in Big Qidan Script). 《民族語文》 (Minority Languages of China), issue 4, page 54.

Korean
Hanja in this term
皇帝

Noun

皇帝 • (hwangje) (hangeul 황제)

  1. Hanja form? of 황제 (“emperor”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this word
皇帝

Noun

皇帝

  1. Hán tự form of hoàng đế (“emperor”).
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