炎帝

Chinese

		flame; inflammation; ‑itis	emperor
trad. (炎帝)		炎	帝
simp. #(炎帝)		炎	帝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yándì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁴ dai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yándì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yándì
    • Wade–Giles: Yen²-ti⁴
    • Yale: Yán-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yandih
    • Palladius: Яньди (Janʹdi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim⁴ dai³
    • Yale: yìhm dai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁴ dai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim⁴ dei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm²¹ tɐi̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: hjem tejH

Rime
Character	炎	帝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	鹽 (154)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	于廉切	都計切
Baxter	hjem	tejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠiᴇm/	/teiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚiɛm/	/teiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiæm/	/tɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦjiam/	/tɛjH/
Li Rong	/ɣjɛm/	/teiH/
Wang Li	/ɣĭɛm/	/tieiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ɛm/	/tieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yán	dì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim4	dai3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷ(r)am  tˤek-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɦlam  teːɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	炎	帝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yán	dì
Middle Chinese	‹ hjem ›	‹ tejH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷ(r)am/	/*tˁek-s/
English	burn, blazing	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	炎	帝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	14315	2313
Phonetic component	炎	帝
Rime group	談	賜
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	炎	帝
Old Chinese	/*ɦlam/	/*teːɡs/
Notes		甲金文象根啇非朿聲

Proper noun

炎帝

1. (Chinese mythology) the Yan Emperor, also known as Shennong, a legendary Chinese ruler in pre-dynastic times

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (炎帝):

• → Japanese: 炎帝(えんてい) (entei)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
炎	帝
えん Grade: S	てい Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 炎帝 (MC hjem tejH).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えんてー [èńtéé] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) えんてー [éꜜǹtèè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞nte̞ː]

Noun

炎(えん)帝(てい) • (entei) 

1. a fire deity (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
2. a summer deity (the sun, for example) (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Derived terms

• エンテイ (Entei)

Proper noun

炎(えん)帝(てい) • (Entei) 

1. (Chinese mythology) the Yan Emperor, also known as 神農 (Shinnō, “Shennong”), a legendary Chinese ruler in pre-dynastic times