五帝

Chinese

		five	emperor
simp. and trad. (五帝)		五	帝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wǔdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ dai³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Ńg-ti
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Gó͘-tè / Ngó͘-tè
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵u-ti

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wǔdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wǔdì
    • Wade–Giles: Wu³-ti⁴
    • Yale: Wǔ-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuudih
    • Palladius: Уди (Udi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ dai³
    • Yale: ńgh dai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ dai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ dei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ tɐi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Ńg-ti
    • Hakka Romanization System: ng^ˋ di
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ng³ di⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍³¹ ti⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gó͘-tè
    • Tâi-lô: Góo-tè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gofdex
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ te⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ngó͘-tè
    • Tâi-lô: Ngóo-tè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngofdex
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵u-ti
    • MiniDict: u^去 ti
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²u-ti
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /u³³ ti⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: nguX tejH

Rime
Character	五	帝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	疑古切	都計切
Baxter	nguX	tejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋuoX/	/teiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋuoX/	/teiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋoX/	/tɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɔX/	/tɛjH/
Li Rong	/ŋoX/	/teiH/
Wang Li	/ŋuX/	/tieiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋuoX/	/tieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǔ	dì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ng5	dai3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ŋˤaʔ  tˤek-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːʔ  teːɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	五	帝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wǔ	dì
Middle Chinese	‹ nguX ›	‹ tejH ›
Old Chinese	/*C.ŋˁaʔ/	/*tˁek-s/
English	five	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	五	帝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13147	2313
Phonetic component	五	帝
Rime group	魚	賜
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	五	帝
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːʔ/	/*teːɡs/
Notes		甲金文象根啇非朿聲

Proper noun

五帝

1. (Chinese mythology) the Five Emperors

Derived terms

• 三皇五帝 (Sānhuáng Wǔdì)

 

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
五	帝

Proper noun

五帝

1. chữ Hán form of Ngũ Đế (“the Five Emperors”).