始皇帝

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Chinese

		begin	emperor; the Emperor
trad. (始皇帝)		始	皇帝
simp. ^#(始皇帝)		始	皇帝

Wikipedia has articles on:

秦始皇 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
Shi Huangdi (English)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Shǐhuángdì

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Shǐhuángdì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Shǐhhuángdì
  - Wade–Giles: Shih³-huang²-ti⁴
  - Yale: Shř-hwáng-dì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyyhwangdih
  - Palladius: Шихуанди (Šixuandi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ti⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci² wong⁴ dai³
  - Yale: chí wòhng dai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi² wong⁴ dai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi² wong⁴ dei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵ wɔːŋ²¹ tɐi̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sí-hông-tè
  - Tâi-lô: Sí-hông-tè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sy'hongdex
  - IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² te²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² te⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ¹³⁻²² te²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ te¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ²³⁻³³ te²¹/

Proper noun

始皇帝

(historical) Alternative name for 秦始皇 (Qín Shǐhuáng, “Qin Shi Huang”).

Synonyms

秦皇 (Qínhuáng)
秦始皇帝 (Qín Shǐhuángdì)
始皇帝 (Shǐhuángdì)

Japanese

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

始皇帝

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

Alternative forms

始(し)皇(こう) (Shikō)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 始皇帝.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しこーてー (Nakadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Proper noun

始(し)皇(こう)帝(てい) • (Shikōtei) ^{←しくわうてい (Sikwautei)^?}

Qin Shi Huang

References

^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
始	皇	帝

Proper noun

始皇帝 • (Sihwangje) (hangeul 시황제)

hanja form^? of 시황제 (“Qin Shi Huang”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
始	皇	帝

Proper noun

始皇帝

chữ Hán form of Thủy Hoàng Đế (“Qin Shi Huang”).

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