Usage of the character 帝
dì
帝
[帝]
- emperor
dàdì
大帝
[大帝]
- heavenly emperor
- "the Great" (title)
Huángdì
黄帝
[黃帝]
- the Yellow Emperor, mythological emperor of China, reigned c. 2697-2597 BC
Dì Kù
帝喾
[帝嚳]
- Di Ku or Emperor Ku, one of the Five Legendary Emperors 五帝 (wǔdì), great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor 黃帝／黄帝 ( Huángdì)
huángdì
皇帝
[皇帝]
- emperor
- CL:個／个 (gè)
dìwèi
帝位
[帝位]
- imperial throne
Dìlì
帝力
[帝力]
- Dili, capital of East Timor
dìhòu
帝后
[帝后]
- empress
- imperial consort
dìwáng
帝王
[帝王]
- regent
- monarch
Yándì
炎帝
[炎帝]
- Flame Emperors (c. 2000 BC), legendary dynasty descended from Shennong 神農／神农 ( Shénnóng) Farmer God
Měidì
美帝
[美帝]
- (in early CCP propaganda) United States (as an imperialist nation)
- (in more recent times) a neutral, colloquial term for the United States
dìzhì
帝制
[帝制]
- autocratic monarchy
- imperial regime
dìguó
帝国
[帝國]
- empire
- imperial
dìjīng
帝京
[帝京]
- imperial capital
Dì Xīn
帝辛
[帝辛]
- Emperor Xin, last ruler of Shang (11th Century BC), famous as a tyrant
Dìjùn
帝俊
[帝俊]
- Dijun, Shang dynasty protector God, possibly same as legendary Emperor 帝嚳／帝喾 ( Dì Kù)
Dì Yǐ
帝乙
[帝乙]
- Di Yi (died 1076 BC), Shang dynasty king, reigned 1101-1076 BC
fǎndì
反帝
[反帝]
- to be anti-imperialist
yùdì
玉帝
[玉帝]
- the Jade Emperor
Shàngdì
上帝
[上帝]
- God
Tiāndì
天帝
[天帝]
- God of heaven
- Celestial emperor
dìdū
帝都
[帝都]
- imperial capital
Dì E
帝俄
[帝俄]
- Tsarist Russia
wǔdì
五帝
[五帝]
- the Five Legendary Emperors, usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黃帝／黄帝 ( Huángdì), Zhuanxu 顓頊／颛顼 ( Zhuānxū), Di Ku 帝嚳／帝喾 ( Dì Kù), Tang Yao 唐堯／唐尧 ( Táng Yáo) and Yu Shun 虞舜 ( Yú Shùn)
yǐngdì
影帝
[影帝]
- (male) superstar of the silver screen; best actor award winner
Suí Wéndì
隋文帝
[隋文帝]
- Wendi (541-604), posthumous name of the first Sui emperor, reigned 581-604
Fàndìgāng
梵帝冈
[梵帝岡]
- the Vatican
- variant of 梵蒂岡／梵蒂冈 ( Fàndìgāng)
Yándìlíng
炎帝陵
[炎帝陵]
- Fiery Emperor's tomb in Yanling county, Zhuzhou 株洲, Hunan
Táng Aīdì
唐哀帝
[唐哀帝]
- Emperor Aidi of Tang, reign name of twenty-first and last Tang emperor Li Zhu 李祝 ( Lǐ Zhù) (892-908), reigned 904-907
xiǎohuángdì
小皇帝
[小皇帝]
- child emperor
- (fig.) spoiled child
- spoiled boy
- pampered only child
Dōngdìwèn
东帝汶
[東帝汶]
- East Timor (officially Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste)
Sòng Wǔdì
宋武帝
[宋武帝]
- Emperor Wu of Song (363-422), personal name Liu Yu 劉裕／刘裕 ( Liú Yù), founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 劉宋／刘宋 ( Liú Sòng), broke away from Eastern Jin in 420, reigned 420-422
dìwángpǔ
帝王谱
[帝王譜]
- list of emperors and kings
- dynastic genealogy
Báidìchéng
白帝城
[白帝城]
- Baidi town in Chongqing 重慶／重庆, north of the Changjiang, an important tourist attraction
Nühuángdì
女皇帝
[女皇帝]
- empress
- refers to Tang empress Wuzetian 武則天／武则天 (624-705), reigned 690-705
Dìwèn Dǎo
帝汶岛
[帝汶島]
- Timor island
Dìwèn Hǎi
帝汶海
[帝汶海]
- Timor Sea
tǔhuángdì
土皇帝
[土皇帝]
- local tyrant
èrhuángdì
二皇帝
[二皇帝]
- second emperor of a dynasty
Guāngxùdì
光绪帝
[光緒帝]
- Guangxu Emperor
Dàoguāngdì
道光帝
[道光帝]
- Daoguang Emperor
Hàn Yuándì
汉元帝
[漢元帝]
- Yuan Emperor, reign name of Han Dynasty emperor Liu Shi 劉奭／刘奭 ( Liú Shì), (74-33 BC), reigned 48-33 BC
Suí Yángdì
隋炀帝
[隋煬帝]
- Emperor Yang of Sui (569-618), said to have murdered his father and brother to seize the throne, reigned 604-618
Wèi Wéndì
魏文帝
[魏文帝]
- Cao Pi 曹丕, emperor of Wei 220-226
Jiànwéndì
建文帝
[建文帝]
- reign name of second Ming emperor, reigned 1398-1402, deposed in 1402
Huángdìzú
黄帝族
[黃帝族]
- tribes under the Yellow Emperor
huángdìcài
皇帝菜
[皇帝菜]
- see 茼蒿 (tónghāo)
Shùndìlíng
舜帝陵
[舜帝陵]
- several tombs of legendary Emperor Shun, one in Ningyuan county 寧遠縣／宁远县 ( Níngyuǎnxiàn) in southwest Hunan, another Yuncheng prefecture 運城／运城 ( Yùnchéng) Shanxi
Shùnzhìdì
顺治帝
[順治帝]
- Fulin Emperor Shunzhi (1638-1662), second Qing emperor, reigned 1644-1662
Hàn Míng Dì
汉明帝
[漢明帝]
- Emperor Ming of Han (28-75), Western Han Dynasty Emperor 58-75
Jìn Huìdì
晋惠帝
[晉惠帝]
- Emperor Hui of Jin (259-307), personal name 司馬衷／司马衷 ( Sīmǎ Zhōng), 2nd emperor of Jin Dynasty 晉朝／晋朝 ( Jìncháo), reigned 290-307
Hàn Wéndì
汉文帝
[漢文帝]
- Emperor Wen of Han (202-157 BC), fourth Han emperor, personal name Liu Heng 劉恆／刘恒 ( Liú Héng), reigned 180-157 BC
Hàn Xuāndì
汉宣帝
[漢宣帝]
- Emperor Xuan (91-48 BC) of the Former Han Dynasty, reigned 74-48 BC
Hàn Xiàndì
汉献帝
[漢獻帝]
- Emperor Xian of Han (181-234), the final Han emperor, set up by Dong Zhuo 董卓, reigned 189-220, forced to abdicate 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕
Táng Shāngdì
唐殇帝
[唐殤帝]
- Emperor Shang of Tang, reign name of fifth Tang emperor Li Chongmao 李重茂 ( Lǐ Chóngmào) (c. 695-715), reigned 710
Hàn Wǔdì
汉武帝
[漢武帝]
- Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty (141-87 BC)
Hàn Líng Dì
汉灵帝
[漢靈帝]
- Emperor Ling of Han (156-189), reigned from 168 to 189
Dàhán Dìguó
大韩帝国
[大韓帝國]
- Korean Empire, from fall of Joseon dynasty in 1897 to annexation by Japan in 1910
Yùhuáng Dàdì
玉皇大帝
[玉皇大帝]
- Jade Emperor
sānguāndàdì
三官大帝
[三官大帝]
- the three gods in charge of heaven, earth and water (Daoism)
Shǐwǎdìní
史瓦帝尼
[史瓦帝尼]
- (Tw) Eswatini
Dàyīng Dìguó
大英帝国
[大英帝國]
- British Empire
Mòdài Huángdì
末代皇帝
[末代皇帝]
- The Last Emperor, 1987 biopic of Pu Yi 溥儀／溥仪 ( Pǔyí) by Bernardo Bertolucci
Chálǐ Dàdì
查理大帝
[查理大帝]
- Charlemagne (c. 747-c. 814), King of the Franks, Holy Roman Emperor from 800
Luómǎ Dìguó
罗马帝国
[羅馬帝國]
- Roman Empire (27 BC-476 AD)
zhuǎnlúnshèngdì
转轮圣帝
[轉輪聖帝]
- chakravarti raja (emperor in Hindu mythology)
Dìsān Dìguó
第三帝国
[第三帝國]
- Third Reich, Nazi regime (1933-1945)
Dà Qīng Dìguó
大清帝国
[大清帝國]
- Great Qing Empire (1644-1911)
Hēikè Dìguó
黑客帝国
[黑客帝國]
- The Matrix (1999 movie)
Dìguó Dàshà
帝国大厦
[帝國大廈]
- Empire State Building (New York City)
xiāndìyízhào
先帝遗诏
[先帝遺詔]
- posthumous edict of a former emperor
- Liu Bei's 劉備／刘备 ( Liú Bèi) edict to posterity
dìguózhǔyì
帝国主义
[帝國主義]
- imperialism
dìwángqǐ'é
帝王企鹅
[帝王企鵝]
- emperor penguin
Aò Xiōng Dìguó
奥匈帝国
[奧匈帝國]
- Austro-Hungarian Empire 1867-1918
Huángdì Nèijīng
黄帝内经
[黃帝內經]
- The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC
hútiānhúdì
胡天胡帝
[胡天胡帝]
- with all the majesty of an emperor (idiom)
- reckless
- intemperate
sānhuángwǔdì
三皇五帝
[三皇五帝]
- three sovereigns 三皇 (sānhuáng) and five emperors 五帝 (wǔdì) of myth and legend
- the earliest system of Chinese historiography
Qín Shǐ Huángdì
秦始皇帝
[秦始皇帝]
- the First Emperor 259-210 BC
dìwángqiēkāi
帝王切开
[帝王切開]
- Cesarean section
tiāngāohuángdìyuǎn
天高皇帝远
[天高皇帝遠]
- lit. the sky is high and the emperor is far away (idiom)
- fig. remote places are beyond the reach of the central government
Sàlāsēn Dìguó
萨拉森帝国
[薩拉森帝國]
- Saracen Empire (medieval European name for Arab empire)
chīfànhuángdìdà
吃饭皇帝大
[吃飯皇帝大]
- eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)
Aòsīmàn Dìguó
奥斯曼帝国
[奧斯曼帝國]
- the Ottoman Empire
Jūlǔshì Dàdì
居鲁士大帝
[居魯士大帝]
- Cyrus the Great (ca. 600-530 BC), the founder of the Persian Empire and the conqueror of Babylon
Hànwéndì Liúhéng
汉文帝刘恒
[漢文帝劉恆]
- Liu Heng (202-157 BC), the fourth Han emperor Han Wendi, reigned 180-157 BC
Huángdìdexīnyī
皇帝的新衣
[皇帝的新衣]
- the Emperor's new clothes (i.e. naked)
Eluósī Dìguó
俄罗斯帝国
[俄羅斯帝國]
- Russian empire (1546-1917)
Hālǐfā Dìguó
哈里发帝国
[哈里發帝國]
- Caliphate (Islamic empire formed after the death of the Prophet Mohammed 穆罕默德 in 632)
dōng Luómǎ Dìguó
东罗马帝国
[東羅馬帝國]
- Eastern Roman empire or Byzantium (395-1453)
Etúmàn Dìguó
鄂图曼帝国
[鄂圖曼帝國]
- Ottoman Empire (Tw)
Qín Shǐ Huángdìlíng
秦始皇帝陵
[秦始皇帝陵]
- the mausoleum of the First Emperor near Xi'an
Yàlìshāndà Dàdì
亚历山大大帝
[亞歷山大大帝]
- Alexander the Great (356-323 BC)
Dōngjīng Dìguó Dàxué
东京帝国大学
[東京帝國大學]
- Tokyo Imperial University (renamed Tokyo University after 1945)
Shénshèng Luómǎ Dìguó
神圣罗马帝国
[神聖羅馬帝國]
- the Holy Roman Empire (history)
Niǔyuē Dìguó Dàshà
纽约帝国大厦
[紐約帝國大廈]
- Empire State Building
Dìguó Lǐgōng Xuéyuàn
帝国理工学院
[帝國理工學院]
- Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London
huángdìbùjítàijiànjí
皇帝不急太监急
[皇帝不急太監急]
- lit. the emperor is not worried, but his eunuchs are (idiom)
- fig. the observers are more anxious than the person involved
huángdìnü'érbùchóujià
皇帝女儿不愁嫁
[皇帝女兒不愁嫁]
- lit. the emperor's daughter does not worry about whether she will be able to marry (idiom)
- fig. highly sought after
Huángdì Bāshíyī Nànjīng
黄帝八十一难经
[黃帝八十一難經]
- The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Eighty-one Difficulties, medical text, c. 1st century AD
huángdìbùjíjísǐtàijiàn
皇帝不急急死太监
[皇帝不急急死太監]
- see 皇帝不急太監急／皇帝不急太监急 (huángdìbùjítàijiànjí)
shědeyīshēnguǎ,gǎnbǎhuángdìlāxiàmǎ
舍得一身剐，敢把皇帝拉下马
[捨得一身剮，敢把皇帝拉下馬]
- one who does not fear the death of thousand cuts will dare to unhorse the emperor (proverb)
- to a fearless person, no fence is high enough