emperor

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2Readings & Meanings

  • emperor

3Structure

Top-bottom structure上下结构

is built from 2 parts.

4Common Words with

三官大帝sān guān dà dì

the three gods in charge of heaven, earth and water (Daoism)

三皇五帝sān huáng wǔ dì

three sovereigns 三皇[sān huáng] and five emperors 五帝[wǔ dì] of myth and legend; the earliest system of Chinese historiography

上帝Shàng dì

God

二皇帝èr huáng dì

second emperor of a dynasty

五帝wǔ dì

Five Emperors from legendary times; possibly tribal leaders before the historiographers got working on them; usually taken to be Yellow Emperor 黄帝[Huáng dì] and four of his sons Zhuan Xu 颛顼[Zhuān Xū], Di Ku 帝喾[Dì Kù], Tang Yao 唐尧[Táng Yáo], Yu Shun 虞舜[Yú Shùn]

先帝遗诏xiān dì yí zhào

posthumous edict of former emperor; Liu Bei's 刘备 edict to posterity

Other Characters Pronounced “di”