始皇帝

Chinese

		begin	emperor
simp. and trad. (始皇帝)		始	皇帝

Etymology

The self-proclaimed regnal name of China's First Emperor.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Shǐhuángdì

(Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci² wong⁴ dai³
Min Nan (POJ): Sí-hông-tè

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Shǐhuángdì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyyhwangdih
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ti⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci² wong⁴ dai³
  - Yale: chí wòhng dai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi² wong⁴ dai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi² wong⁴ dei³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵ wɔːŋ²¹ tɐi̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sí-hông-tè
  - Tâi-lô: Sí-hông-tè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sy'hongdex
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² te²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² te⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ¹³⁻²² te²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ te¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ²³⁻³³ te²¹/

Proper noun

始皇帝

(historical) Alternative name for 秦始皇 (Qín Shǐhuáng, “Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China”).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
始	皇	帝
し Grade: 3	こう Grade: 6	てい Grade: S
kan’on

Etymology

From Chinese 始皇帝 (literally “First Huangdi; First "Emperor"”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- IPA^(key): [ɕi̥ko̞ːte̞ː]

Proper noun

始皇帝 (hiragana しこうてい, rōmaji Shikōtei, historical hiragana しくわうてい)

Shi Huangdi

See also

皇 (こう)帝 (てい) (kōtei)

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