女皇

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

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• 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 edit 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

1. 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. [Pinyin]

   Wu Zetian is the only female emperor in Chinese history.

2. (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): [d͡ʑo̞ko̞ː]

Noun

女(じょ)皇(こう) • (jokō) 

1. empress, queen

Korean

Hanja in this term
女	皇

Noun

女皇 • (yeohwang) (hangeul 여황)

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

Noun

女皇 • (nyeohwang) (hangeul 녀황)

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

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
女	皇

Noun

女皇

1. chữ Hán form of nữ hoàng (“queen regnant; empress regnant”).