HSK 6 · Society

皇帝 huángdì “emperor” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 皇帝 means

  1. emperor

Measure word 个 gè · 一个皇帝 yí ge huángdì

How to say 皇帝

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale皇huáng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale帝dì4th tone, falling

皇帝 in a sentence

  1. 公主向皇帝请求饶恕。

    Gōngzhǔ xiàng huángdì qǐngqiú ráoshù.

    The princess begged forgiveness from the emperor.

    Sentence #8899483 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 皇帝的生日在星期日。

    Huángdì de shēngrì zài xīngqīrì.

    The emperor’s birthday fell on a Sunday.

    Sentence #916598 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 皇帝也得讲道理。

    Huángdì yě děi jiǎng dàoli.

    Even the emperor has to be reasonable.

    Sentence #806196 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 皇帝 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 皇 (huáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
皇huángemperor
  • 白white · bái
  • 王king · wáng
The character 帝 (dì) with each of its parts in a different colour
帝dìemperor; sovereign; supreme deity
  • 立stand · lì
  • 巾napkin · jīn

How to write 皇帝

皇 9 strokes · 帝 9 strokes

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皇帝 (huángdì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 皇帝 (huángdì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 皇帝

Words with 皇

皇后huánghòu · empress

More words: Society & Law

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FAQs

皇帝 (huángdì) means “emperor”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it huángdì: huáng with a 2nd tone, then dì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 皇帝 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one emperor is 一个皇帝 (yí ge huángdì).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huangdi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 皇帝 from the suggestions. Typing huangdi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
皇帝 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.