秦始皇帝

秦始皇帝

Chinese

		surname; name of a dynasty	Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China
trad. (秦始皇帝)		秦	始皇帝
simp. #(秦始皇帝)		秦	始皇帝

Etymology

From the addition of 秦 (Qín) during the Han dynasty to the self-proclaimed title of 始皇帝 (Shǐhuángdì).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Qín Shǐhuángdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄕˇ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon⁴ ci² wong⁴ dai³
• Min Nan (POJ): Chîn-sí-hông-tè

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Qín Shǐhuángdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄕˇ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Cín Shǐhhuángdì
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻin² Shih³-huang²-ti⁴
    • Yale: Chín Shř-hwáng-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyn Shyyhwangdih
    • Palladius: Цинь Шихуанди (Cinʹ Šixuandi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xwɑŋ³⁵ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceon⁴ ci² wong⁴ dai³
    • Yale: chèuhn chí wòhng dai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen⁴ tsi² wong⁴ dai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cên⁴ qi² wong⁴ dei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰɵn²¹ t͡sʰiː³⁵ wɔːŋ²¹ tɐi̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chîn-sí-hông-tè
    • Tâi-lô: Tsîn-sí-hông-tè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cinsy'hongdex
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕin²⁴⁻²² ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² te⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕin²⁴⁻²² ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² te²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕin¹³⁻²² ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ¹³⁻²² te²¹/

Proper noun

秦始皇帝

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

Synonyms

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