太后

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	empress; queen; surname
simp. and trad. (太后)		太	后

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàihòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄏㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ hau⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-heu
• Eastern Min (BUC): tái-hâiu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thài-hiǒ / thài-hō͘ / thài-hiō

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàihòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄏㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàihòu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-hou⁴
    • Yale: tài-hòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tayhow
    • Palladius: тайхоу (tajxou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³ hau⁶
    • Yale: taai hauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ hau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ heo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ hɐu̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-heu
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai heu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ heu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ heu̯⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tái-hâiu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰai²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(h-)ɑu²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-hiǒ
    • Tâi-lô: thài-hiǒ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hio²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-hō͘
    • Tâi-lô: thài-hōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tae'ho
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ hɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ hɔ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-hiō
    • Tâi-lô: thài-hiō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tae'hioi
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ hio³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ hiɤ³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 太后

1. empress dowager

   • 永樂太后暴崩，眾論惑焉 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     永乐太后暴崩，众论惑焉 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE

     Yǒnglè tàihòu bàobēng, zhònglùn huò yān [Pinyin]

     After the empress dowager of Yongle palace suddenly died, people talked about it with suspicion

Synonyms

• 皇太后 (huángtàihòu)

Descendants

• Thai: ไทเฮา (tai-hao)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
太	后
たい Grade: 2	こう Grade: 6
on'yomi

Noun

太(たい)后(こう) • (taikō) 

1. empress dowager

Synonyms

• 皇太后 (kōtaigō)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
太	后

Noun

太后 • (taehu) (hangeul 태후)

1. Hanja form^? of 태후 (“empress dowager”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
太	后

Noun

太后

1. chữ Hán form of thái hậu (“empress dowager”).