秦始皇

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Chinese

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surname; name of a dynasty first emperor; Qin Shi Huang (259–210
trad. (秦始皇) 始皇
simp. #(秦始皇) 始皇
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Proper noun

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秦始皇

  1. (historical) Qin Shi Huang (the first emperor of China)

Usage notes

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  • Although the forms First Emperor, Shi Huangdi, and Shih Huang-ti remain more common in non-scholarly English, 秦始皇 is much more common in modern Chinese, with the non-truncated forms only appearing in scholarly or historical works.
  • In historical context, referred to as (Qínwáng Zhèng, “Zheng, King of Qin”) before his unification of China.

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Noun

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秦始皇 (Should we delete(+) this sense?)

  1. (Wu) expert in writing love letters