女皇

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Chinese

		female; woman; daughter	emperor; surname
trad. (女皇)		女	皇
simp. ^#(女皇)		女	皇

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nǚhuáng

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄏㄨㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi⁵ wong⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lú-hông / lí-hông / lír-hông

(Teochew, Peng'im): neng² uang⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nǚhuáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄏㄨㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔhuáng
  - Wade–Giles: nü³-huang²
  - Yale: nyǔ-hwáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neuhwang
  - Palladius: нюйхуан (njujxuan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: neoi⁵ wong⁴
  - Yale: néuih wòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: noey⁵ wong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: nêu⁵ wong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɵy̯¹³ wɔːŋ²¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    女王
    女皇
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú-hông
  - Tâi-lô: lú-hông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lw'hoong
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-hông
  - Tâi-lô: lí-hông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ly'hoong
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lír-hông
  - Tâi-lô: lír-hông
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔŋ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: neng² uang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nṳ́ng uâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɯŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ uaŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

女皇

empress; queen
武則天是中國歷史唯一一個女皇。 [MSC, trad.]
武则天是中国历史唯一一个女皇。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǔ Zétiān shì zhōngguó lìshǐ wéiyī yīge nǚhuáng.
Wu Zetian is the only female emperor in Chinese history.
(tarot) the Empress

Usage notes

Usually used for a female monarch, not for the wife of a monarch, who is called 皇后 (huánghòu).

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (女皇):

→ Japanese: 女皇(じょこう) (jokō)
→ Korean: 여황(女皇) (yeohwang)
→ Vietnamese: nữ hoàng (女皇)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
女	皇
じょ Grade: 1	こう Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

女(じょ)皇(こう) • (jokō)

empress, queen

Korean

Hanja in this term
女	皇

Noun

女皇 • (yeohwang) (hangeul 여황)

Hanja form^? of 여황 (“empress, queen”).

Noun

女皇 • (nyeohwang) (hangeul 녀황)

Hanja form^? of 녀황 (“(North Korea) empress, queen”).

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