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皇

huáng

HSK 6 Character

What 皇 means

1. emperor
2. old variant of {惶|huáng}

Other readings

皇 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Huángsurname Huang

Example sentences

• 皇上万岁。
  Huángshang wànsuì.
  Long live the Emperor!
• 这里有个皇冠。
  Zhèlǐ yǒu gè huángguān.
  There's a crown here.
• 皇宫警衞森严。
  Huánggōng jǐng wèi sēnyán.
  The palace was heavily guarded.
• 皇帝也得讲道理。
  Huángdì yě de jiǎngdào lǐ.
  Caesar is not above grammarians.
• 罗马教皇无权结婚。
  The Pope has no right to marry.
• 公主向皇帝请求饶恕。
  Gōngzhǔ xiàng huángdì qǐngqiú ráoshù.
  The princess begged forgiveness from the emperor.

Words starting with 皇

• 皇帝huáng dìemperor
• 皇后huáng hòuempress; imperial consort
• 皇上huáng shangthe emperor; Your majesty the emperor; His imperial majesty
• 皇家huáng jiāroyal; imperial household
• 皇宫huáng gōngimperial palace
• 皇马Huáng MǎReal Madrid soccer team; abbr. for 皇家马德里
• 皇冠huáng guāncrown (headgear)
• 皇室huáng shìroyal family; imperial household; member of the royal family
• 皇甫Huáng fǔtwo-character surname Huangfu
• 皇城Huáng chéngImperial City, inner part of Beijing, with the Forbidden City at its center
• 皇太后huáng tài hòuempress dowager
• 皇太子huáng tài zǐcrown prince
• 皇子huáng zǐprince
• 皇权huáng quánimperial power
• 皇军huáng jūnimperial army (esp. Japanese)
• 皇族huáng zúthe imperial family; royal kin
• 皇位huáng wèithe title of Emperor
• 皇朝huáng cháothe imperial court; the government in imperial times
• 皇太极Huáng Tài jíHong Taiji (1592-1643), eighth son of Nurhaci 努尔哈赤; posthumous name 清太宗
• 皇储huáng chǔcrown prince
• 皇古huáng gǔancient times
• 皇堡Huáng bǎoBurger King Whopper
• 皇天Huáng tiānAugust Heaven; Heaven as supreme deity (often paired with 后土
• 皇恩huáng ēnimperial kindness; benevolence from the emperor

Words containing 皇

• 教皇jiào huáng(Catholicism) pope; pontiff
• 天皇Tiān huángHeavenly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇; emperor; emperor of Japan
• 秦始皇Qín Shǐ huángQin Shihuang (259-210 BC), the first emperor
• 沙皇shā huángczar (loanword)
• 富丽堂皇fù lì táng huáng(idiom) (of houses etc) sumptuous
• 仓皇cāng huángin a panic; flurried
• 女皇nǚ huángempress
• 冠冕堂皇guān miǎn táng huánghigh-sounding; dignified; pompous (idiom)
• 堂而皇之táng ér huáng zhīovert; to make no secret (of one's presence); grandiose
• 堂皇táng huángimposing; grand
• 小皇帝xiǎo huáng dìchild emperor; (fig.) spoiled child; spoiled boy
• 玉皇大帝Yù huáng Dà dìJade Emperor
• 秦皇岛市Qín huáng dǎo ShìQinhuangdao, prefecture-level city in Hebei Province 河北省
• 人皇Rén huángHuman Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇
• 先皇xiān huángemperor of a former dynasty
• 地皇Dì huángEarthly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇
• 张皇zhāng huángalarmed; flustered
• 父皇fù huáng(historical) term used by an emperor's son or daughter to address him
• 保皇党bǎo huáng dǎngroyalists
• 吃皇粮chī huáng liánglit. to eat from government coffers; to serve as a government employee…
• 土皇帝tǔ huáng dìlocal tyrant
• 太上皇Tài shàng huángTaishang Huang; Retired Emperor; father of the reigning emperor
• 女皇帝Nǚ huáng dìempress; refers to Tang empress Wuzetian 武则天 (624-705), reigned 690-705
• 清皇朝Qīng huáng cháoQing dynasty (1644-1911)

Characters built on 王

These share the phonetic component 王 (wáng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 狂kuángmad; wild; violent
• 匡kuāng(literary) to rectify; (literary) to assist; (colloquial) to calculate roughly…
• 璜huángsemicircular jade ornament

Characters that look like 皇

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 重zhòngheavy; serious; to attach importance to
• 直zhístraight; to straighten; fair and reasonable
• 室shìroom; work unit; grave
• 垦kěnto reclaim (land); to cultivate
• 昱yùbright light
• 袅niǎodelicate; graceful

Sounds the same

Read huáng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 黄yellow; pornographic; to fall through
• 煌brilliant
• 凰used in 凤凰
• 簧reed (of a music instrument); spring; coil
• 惶(bound form) fear; dread; anxiety; trepidation
• 湟name of a river
• 遑leisure
• 蝗locust
• 磺sulfur
• 潢dye paper; lake; pond
• 璜semicircular jade ornament
• 徨used in 彷徨