皇妣
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]emperor; surname | deceased mother | ||
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trad. (皇妣) | 皇 | 妣 | |
simp. #(皇妣) | 皇 | 妣 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄅㄧˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huángbǐ
- Wade–Giles: huang2-pi3
- Yale: hwáng-bǐ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangbii
- Palladius: хуанби (xuanbi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
[edit]皇妣
- (archaic) a posthumous name for mothers in Zhou rituals
- 祭王父曰皇祖考,王母曰皇祖妣。父曰皇考,母曰皇妣。夫曰皇辟。生曰父、曰母、曰妻,死曰考、曰妣、曰嬪。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: The Book of Rites, Qu Li II, 122
- Jì wángfù yuē huángzǔkǎo, wángmǔ yuē huángzǔbǐ. Fù yuē huángkǎo, mǔ yuē huángbǐ. Fū yuē huángpì. Shēng yuē fù, yuē mǔ, yuē qī, sǐ yuē kǎo, yuē bǐ, yuē pín. [Pinyin]
- In sacrificing to them, a grandfather is called "the sovereign grandfather"; a grandmother, "the sovereign grandmother"; a father, "the sovereign father"; a mother, "the sovereign mother"; a husband, "the sovereign pattern". While alive, the names of father, mother, and wife are used; when they are dead, those of "the completed one", "the corresponding one", and "the honored one".
祭王父曰皇祖考,王母曰皇祖妣。父曰皇考,母曰皇妣。夫曰皇辟。生曰父、曰母、曰妻,死曰考、曰妣、曰嫔。 [MSC, simp.]