皇姑

Chinese

		emperor; surname	paternal aunt
trad. (皇姑)		皇	姑
simp. #(皇姑)		皇	姑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huánggū

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄍㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ gu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hông-ko͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huánggū
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄍㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huánggu
    • Wade–Giles: huang²-ku¹
    • Yale: hwáng-gū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwanggu
    • Palladius: хуангу (xuangu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ku⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁴ gu¹
    • Yale: wòhng gū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ gu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ gu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ kuː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-ko͘
    • Tâi-lô: hông-koo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongkof
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² kɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² kɔ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² kɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ kɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

皇姑

1. (literary, honorific) deceased mother-in-law (mother of a woman's husband)
2. (literary) paternal aunt (father's sister) or sister of an emperor

Proper noun

皇姑

1. (～區) Huanggu (a district of Shenyang, Liaoning, China)