hoàng đế

See also: Hoàng Đế

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

hoàng-đế, huỳnh đế, huỳnh-đế

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 皇帝, composed of 皇 (“sovereign”) and 帝 (“emperor”), the titles of Chinese creator gods, from Middle Chinese 皇帝 (ɦwɑŋ tei^H).

The form huỳnh đế with the Southern reading of the first character is obsolete aside from the compound cua huỳnh đế (“Ranina ranina”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hwaːŋ˨˩ ʔɗe˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [hwaːŋ˦˩ ʔɗej˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [waːŋ˨˩ ʔɗej˦˥]
Homophone: Hoàng Đế

Noun

hoàng đế

an emperor

See also

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