皇帝陛下

Chinese

		emperor	Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
simp. and trad. (皇帝陛下)		皇帝	陛下

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Huángdì bìxià

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ dai³ bai⁶ haa⁶
Min Nan (POJ): hông-tè pē-hā

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Huángdì bìxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwangdih bihshiah
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wong⁴ dai³ bai⁶ haa⁶
  - Yale: wòhng dai baih hah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ dai³ bai⁶ haa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ dei³ bei⁶ ha⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ tɐi̯³³ pɐi̯²² häː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-tè pē-hā
  - Tâi-lô: hông-tè pē-hā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hongdex pexha
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² te²¹⁻⁵³ pe²²⁻²¹ ha²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² te⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pe⁴¹⁻²² ha⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² te²¹⁻⁵³ pe²²⁻²¹ ha²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ te¹¹⁻⁵³ pe³³⁻¹¹ ha³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ te²¹⁻⁴¹ pe³³⁻²¹ ha³³/

Noun

皇帝陛下

Imperial Majesty; Your Majesty the emperor
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty

Japanese

Kanji in this term
皇	帝	陛	下
こう Grade: 6	てい Grade: S	へい Grade: 6	か Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 皇帝 (hwang tej^H, literally “emperor + emperor”) + 陛下 (biei hæ^X, literally “throne + under”), with a compound meaning of “emperor of everything under the throne”.

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) こーてーへーか [kòótéé éꜜèkà] (Nakadaka – [5])
- IPA^(key): [ko̞ːte̞ː he̞ːka̠]

Noun

皇帝陛下 (hiragana こうていへいか, rōmaji kōtei heika, historical hiragana くわうていへいか)

imperial majesty

Usage notes

As a title or term of reference, the term 天皇陛下 (tennō heika) is much more common.

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