皇后

Chinese

		divine, imperial; emperor	empress; queen
simp. and trad. (皇后)		皇	后

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huánghòu

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ hau⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fòng-heu

(Hailu, HRS): fong heu^˖
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hông-hō͘ / hông-hiǒ / hông-hiō

(Teochew, Peng'im): huang⁵ hou⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huánghòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huánghòu
  - Wade–Giles: huang²-hou⁴
  - Yale: hwáng-hòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwanghow
  - Palladius: хуанхоу (xuanxou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wong⁴ hau⁶
  - Yale: wòhng hauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ hau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ heo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ hɐu̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fòng-heu
  - Hakka Romanization System: fong^ˇ heu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fong² heu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /foŋ¹¹ heu̯⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: fong heu^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /foŋ⁵⁵ heu³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-hō͘
  - Tâi-lô: hông-hōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hongho
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² hɔ²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ hɔ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² hɔ²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-hiǒ
  - Tâi-lô: hông-hiǒ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² hio²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-hiō
  - Tâi-lô: hông-hiō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: honghioi
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hio³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ hiɤ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huang⁵ hou⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huâng hŏu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hou³⁵/

Middle Chinese: hwang huwH

Rime
Character	皇	后
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	胡光切	胡遘切
Baxter	hwang	huwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwɑŋ/	/ɦəu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɑŋ/	/ɦəu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɑŋ/	/ɣəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaŋ/	/ɦəw^H/
Li Rong	/ɣuɑŋ/	/ɣu^H/
Wang Li	/ɣuɑŋ/	/ɣəu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwɑŋ/	/ɣə̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huáng	hòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wong⁴	hau⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷˤaŋ ɢˤ(r)oʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷaːŋ ɡoːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	皇	后
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huáng	hòu
Middle Chinese	‹ hwang ›	‹ huw^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷˁaŋ/	/*ɢˁ(r)oʔ/
English	sovereign	sovereign; queen
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	皇	后
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	12696	5172
Phonetic component	王	后
Rime group	陽	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	黃	𠋫
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷaːŋ/	/*ɡoːs/
Notes	禮王制鄭注冕屬，金文象羽冠，王聲；或雲象日射輝則爲暀晃初文

Noun

皇后

empress, particularly an empress consort
(Hong Kong, historical) the British Queen
皇后大道中 [Cantonese] ― wong⁴ hau⁶ daai⁶ dou⁶ zung¹ [Jyutping] ― Queen's Road Central
(tarot) the Empress

Usage notes

Usually not used for a female monarch, who is called 女皇 (nǚhuáng) or just 皇帝 (huángdì) (which is gender neutral), but for the wife of a monarch.

Synonyms

中宮／中宫 (zhōnggōng)

Derived terms

皇后區 (Huánghòuqū)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (皇后):

→ Japanese: 皇后(こうごう) (kōgō)
→ Korean: 황후(皇后) (hwanghu)
→ Vietnamese: hoàng hậu (皇后)

Others:

→ Manchu: ᡥᡡᠸᠠᠩᡥᡝᠣ (hūwangheo)
→ Thai: ฮองเฮา (hɔng-hao)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
皇	后
こう Grade: 6	ごう Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーごー [kòógóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɡo̞ː]

Noun

皇(こう)后(ごう) • (kōgō) ^{←くわうごう (kwaugou)^?}

empress consort

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
皇	后

Noun

皇后 • (hwanghu) (hangeul 황후)

hanja form^? of 황후 (“empress”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
皇	后

Noun

皇后

chữ Hán form of hoàng hậu (“empress consort”).

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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皇后

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Descendants

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References

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