黃帝

See also: 黄帝

Chinese

		yellow	emperor
trad. (黃帝)		黃	帝
simp. (黄帝)		黄	帝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Huángdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ dai³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Vòng-ti
• Eastern Min (BUC): Uòng-dá̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): N̂g-tè / Ûiⁿ-tè / Hông-tè

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ng⁵ di³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶waon-ti

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Huángdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Huángdì
    • Wade–Giles: Huang²-ti⁴
    • Yale: Hwáng-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwangdih
    • Palladius: Хуанди (Xuandi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wong⁴ dai³
    • Yale: wòhng dai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ dai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ dei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ tɐi̯³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 皇帝 黃帝／黄帝

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Vòng-ti
    • Hakka Romanization System: vongˇ di
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vong² di⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /voŋ¹¹ ti⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Uòng-dá̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uoŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(t-)nɑ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: N̂g-tè
    • Tâi-lô: N̂g-tè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngdex
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋ̍²⁴⁻²² te⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ŋ̍²⁴⁻²² te²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋ̍²³⁻³³ te²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ te¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ûiⁿ-tè
    • Tâi-lô: Uînn-tè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: vui'dex
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uĩ²³⁻³³ te²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uĩ¹³⁻²² te²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hông-tè
    • Tâi-lô: Hông-tè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongdex
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² te²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ng⁵ di³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: n̂g tì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ti²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶waon-ti
    • MiniDict: waon^去 ti
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhuaan-ti
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦuɑ̃²² ti⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: hwang tejH

Rime
Character	黃	帝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	胡光切	都計切
Baxter	hwang	tejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwɑŋ/	/teiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɑŋ/	/teiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɑŋ/	/tɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaŋ/	/tɛjH/
Li Rong	/ɣuɑŋ/	/teiH/
Wang Li	/ɣuɑŋ/	/tieiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwɑŋ/	/tieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huáng	dì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wong4	dai3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*N-kʷˤaŋ  tˤek-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷaːŋ  teːɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	黃	帝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huáng	dì
Middle Chinese	‹ hwang ›	‹ tejH ›
Old Chinese	/*N-kʷˁaŋ/	/*tˁek-s/
English	yellow	God
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	黃	帝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	5380	2313
Phonetic component	黄	帝
Rime group	陽	賜
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	黃	帝
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷaːŋ/	/*teːɡs/
Notes	甲金文象繫市（韍）之圍腰綬帶，取唐蘭釋黃爲衡綬但不取其尪本字說。非光聲	甲金文象根啇非朿聲

Proper noun

黃帝

1. (Chinese mythology) the Yellow Emperor (legendary Chinese sovereign)

Related terms

• 盤古／盘古 (Pángǔ)
• 三皇五帝 (Sānhuáng Wǔdì)
• 堯舜／尧舜 (Yáo-Shùn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (黃帝):

• → Japanese: 黄(こう)帝(てい) (Kōtei)
• → Korean: 황제(黃帝) (Hwangje)
• → Vietnamese: Hoàng Đế (黃帝)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
黃	帝
こう Jinmeiyō	てい Grade: S
on’yomi

Proper noun

黃(こう)帝(てい) • (Kōtei) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 黄帝 (“(Chinese mythology) the Yellow Emperor (legendary Chinese sovereign)”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
黃	帝

Proper noun

黃帝 • (Hwangje) (hangeul 황제)

1. Hanja form^? of 황제 (“(Chinese mythology) the Yellow Emperor (legendary Chinese sovereign)”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
黃	帝

Proper noun

黃帝

1. chữ Hán form of Hoàng Đế (“(Chinese mythology) the Yellow Emperor (legendary Chinese sovereign)”).