始皇帝

Chinese

		begin	emperor; the Emperor
trad. (始皇帝)		始	皇帝
simp. #(始皇帝)		始	皇帝

Etymology

The self-proclaimed regnal name of China's First Emperor.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shǐhuángdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci² wong⁴ dai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sí-hông-tè

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shǐhuángdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shǐhhuángdì
    • Wade–Giles: Shih³-huang²-ti⁴
    • Yale: Shř-hwáng-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyyhwangdih
    • Palladius: Шихуанди (Šixuandi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci² wong⁴ dai³
    • Yale: chí wòhng dai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi² wong⁴ dai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi² wong⁴ dei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵ wɔːŋ²¹ tɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sí-hông-tè
    • Tâi-lô: Sí-hông-tè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sy'hongdex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² te²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² te⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ¹³⁻²² te²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ te¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ²³⁻³³ te²¹/

Proper noun

始皇帝

1. (historical) Alternative name for 秦始皇 (Qín Shǐhuáng, “Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China”).

Synonyms

• 秦皇 (Qínhuáng)
• 秦始皇帝 (Qín Shǐhuángdì)
• 始皇帝 (Shǐhuángdì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
始	皇	帝
し Grade: 3	こう Grade: 6	てい Grade: S
kan’on

Alternative forms

• 始(し)皇(こう) (Shikō)

Etymology

From Chinese 始皇帝 (Shǐhuángdì, literally “First Huangdi; First "Emperor"”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕi̥ko̞ːte̞ː]

Proper noun

始(し)皇(こう)帝(てい) • (Shikōtei) ^{←しくわうてい (sikwautei)?}

1. Shi Huangdi

   Synonym: 秦始皇帝 (Shin Shikōtei, literally “First Qin Emperor”)

   始(し)皇(こう)帝(てい)陵(りょう)

   Shikōteiryō

   the Mausoleum of Shi Huangdi

Korean

Hanja in this term
始	皇	帝

Proper noun

始皇帝 • (Sihwangje) (hangeul 시황제)

1. Hanja form^? of 시황제 (“Shi Huangdi”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
始	皇	帝

Proper noun

始皇帝

1. chữ Hán form of Thủy Hoàng Đế (“Shi Huangdi”).