太皇太后

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	empress dowager
simp. and trad. (太皇太后)		太	皇太后

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tàihuángtàihòu

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄊㄞˋ ㄏㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ wong⁴ taai³ hau⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thài-hông-thài-hō͘ / thài-hông-thài-hiō

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tàihuángtàihòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄊㄞˋ ㄏㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tàihuángtàihòu
  - Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-huang²-tʻai⁴-hou⁴
  - Yale: tài-hwáng-tài-hòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tayhwangtayhow
  - Palladius: тайхуантайхоу (tajxuantajxou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: taai³ wong⁴ taai³ hau⁶
  - Yale: taai wòhng taai hauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ wong⁴ taai³ hau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: tai³ wong⁴ tai³ heo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ wɔːŋ²¹ tʰaːi̯³³ hɐu̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-hông-thài-hō͘
  - Tâi-lô: thài-hông-thài-hōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tae'hongtae'ho
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ hɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔŋ²³⁻³³ tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔ³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-hông-thài-hiō
  - Tâi-lô: thài-hông-thài-hiō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tae'hongtae'hioi
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ hio³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔŋ²³⁻³³ tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ hiɤ³³/

Middle Chinese: thajH hwang thajH huwX|huwH

Rime
Character	太	皇	后	后
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	唐 (102)	侯 (137)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I	I
Fanqie	他蓋切	胡光切	胡口切	胡遘切
Baxter	thajH	hwang	huwX	huwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑi^H/	/ɦwɑŋ/	/ɦəu^X/	/ɦəu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑi^H/	/ɦʷɑŋ/	/ɦəu^X/	/ɦəu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑi^H/	/ɣuɑŋ/	/ɣəu^X/	/ɣəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰaj^H/	/ɦwaŋ/	/ɦəw^X/	/ɦəw^H/
Li Rong	/tʰɑi^H/	/ɣuɑŋ/	/ɣu^X/	/ɣu^H/
Wang Li	/tʰɑi^H/	/ɣuɑŋ/	/ɣəu^X/	/ɣəu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰɑi^H/	/ɣwɑŋ/	/ɣə̯u^X/	/ɣə̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tài	huáng	hòu	hòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taai³	wong⁴	hau⁶	hau⁶

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

(Zhengzhang): /*tʰaːds ɡʷaːŋ tʰaːds ɡoːʔ|ɡoːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	太	皇	皇	后
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tài	huáng	huáng	hòu
Middle Chinese	‹ thaj^H ›	‹ hwang ›	‹ hwang ›	‹ huw^X ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ˁa[t]-s/	/*[ɢ]ʷˁaŋ/	/*[ɢ]ʷˁaŋ/	/*ɢˁ(r)oʔ/
English	great	yellow and white spotted	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	太	皇	后	后
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/2	2/2
No.	1937	12696	5168	5172
Phonetic component	大	王	后	后
Rime group	祭	陽	侯	侯
Rime subdivision	1	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	泰	黃	厚	𠋫
Old Chinese	/*tʰaːds/	/*ɡʷaːŋ/	/*ɡoːʔ/	/*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

太皇太后

grand empress dowager

Synonyms

太帝太后
皇太太后
帝太太后

See also

太上皇 (tàishànghuáng)
(rare) 無上皇／无上皇
太后 (tàihòu), 皇太后 (huángtàihòu)
(rare) 太太皇太后

Japanese

Kanji in this term
太	皇	太	后
たい Grade: 2	こう Grade: 6	たい Grade: 2	ごう Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たいこーたいごー [tàíkóótáꜜìgòò] (Nakadaka – [5])^[1]^[2]^[3]
(Tokyo) たいこーたいごー [tàíkóótáígóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [7])^[1]^[2]
(Kyoto) たいこーたいごー [tàíkóótáígóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [7])^[3]
IPA^(key): [ta̠iko̞ːta̠iɡo̞ː]

Noun

太(たい)皇(こう)太(たい)后(ごう) • (taikōtaigō) ^{←たいくわうたいごう (taikwautaigou)^?}

grand empress dowager

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 “太皇太后”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

Korean

Hanja in this term
太	皇	太	后

Noun

太皇太后 • (taehwangtaehu) (hangeul 태황태후)

hanja form^? of 태황태후 (“grand empress dowager”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
太	皇	太	后

Noun

太皇太后

chữ Hán form of thái hoàng thái hậu (“grand empress dowager”)