始皇

Chinese

		beginning; first	emperor; surname
trad. (始皇)		始	皇
simp. #(始皇)		始	皇
Literally: “first emperor”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shǐhuáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄏㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci² wong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shǐhuáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄏㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shǐhhuáng
    • Wade–Giles: Shih³-huang²
    • Yale: Shř-hwáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyyhwang
    • Palladius: Шихуан (Šixuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci² wong⁴
    • Yale: chí wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi² wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi² wong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵ wɔːŋ²¹/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 始皇

1. Qin Shi Huang (259–210 B.C.E.)

始皇

References

• 始皇 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• Qin Shi Huang on Wikipedia.Wikipedia