五帝

Chinese

		five	emperor
simp. and trad. (五帝)		五	帝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wǔdì

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄉㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ dai³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Ńg-ti
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Gó͘-tè / Ngó͘-tè
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵u-ti

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wǔdì
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄉㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Wǔdì
  - Wade–Giles: Wu³-ti⁴
  - Yale: Wǔ-dì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuudih
  - Palladius: Уди (Udi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ng⁵ dai³
  - Yale: ńgh dai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ dai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ dei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ tɐi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Ńg-ti
  - Hakka Romanization System: ng^ˋ di
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ng³ di⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍³¹ ti⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gó͘-tè
  - Tâi-lô: Góo-tè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gofdex
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ te⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ngó͘-tè
  - Tâi-lô: Ngóo-tè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngofdex
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵u-ti
  - MiniDict: u^去 ti
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²u-ti
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /u³³ ti⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: nguX tejH

Rime
Character	五	帝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	疑古切	都計切
Baxter	nguX	tejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋuo^X/	/tei^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋuo^X/	/tei^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋo^X/	/tɛi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɔ^X/	/tɛj^H/
Li Rong	/ŋo^X/	/tei^H/
Wang Li	/ŋu^X/	/tiei^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋuo^X/	/tiei^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǔ	dì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ng⁵	dai³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ŋˤaʔ tˤek-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːʔ teːɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	五	帝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wǔ	dì
Middle Chinese	‹ ngu^X ›	‹ tej^H ›
Old Chinese	/*C.ŋˁaʔ/	/*tˁek-s/
English	five	God
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	五	帝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13147	2313
Phonetic component	五	帝
Rime group	魚	賜
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	五	帝
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːʔ/	/*teːɡs/
Notes		甲金文象根啇非朿聲

Proper noun

五帝

(Chinese mythology) the Five Emperors
Hyponyms: 青帝, 赤帝 (chìdì), 黃帝 / 黄帝 (Huángdì), 白帝 (Báidì), 黑帝
- 兵之所由來者遠矣！黃帝嘗與炎帝戰矣，顓頊嘗與共工爭矣。故黃帝戰于涿鹿之野，堯戰于丹水之浦，舜伐有苗，啟攻有扈。自五帝而弗能偃也，又況衰世乎！ [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  兵之所由来者远矣！黄帝尝与炎帝战矣，颛顼尝与共工争矣。故黄帝战于涿鹿之野，尧战于丹水之浦，舜伐有苗，启攻有扈。自五帝而弗能偃也，又况衰世乎！ [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Huainanzi, 2^nd century BCE
  Bīng zhī suǒ yóulái zhě yuǎn yǐ! Huángdì cháng yǔ Yándì zhàn yǐ, Zhuānxū cháng yǔ Gònggōng zhēng yǐ. Gù Huángdì zhàn yú Zhuōlù zhī yě, Yáo zhàn yú Dānshuǐ zhī pǔ, Shùn fá Yǒumiáo, Qǐ gōng Yǒuhù. Zì wǔdì ér fú néng yǎn yě, yòu kuàng shuāi shì hū! [Pinyin]
  Military action has a very long history. The Yellow Emperor engaged in a war with Emperor Yan, and Zhuanxu also fought a battle against Gonggong. Hence, the Yellow Emperor launched the attack on the suburbs of Zhuolu, Emperor Yao fought the battle along the Danshui River, Emperor Shun assaulted the Miao people, and Qi attacked the Hu People. Ever since the times of the Five Emperors, military action has never ceased, let alone during the times when the society is in chaos.

Derived terms

三皇五帝 (Sānhuáng Wǔdì)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
五	帝

Proper noun

五帝

chữ Hán form of Ngũ Đế (“the Five Emperors”)