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Trad. 黃帝
- the Yellow Emperor, mythological emperor of China, reigned c. 2697-2597 BC
- (in early CCP propaganda) United States (as an imperialist nation)
- (in more recent times) a neutral, colloquial term for the United States
- the Five Legendary Emperors, usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4], Zhuanxu 顓頊|颛顼[Zhuan1 xu1], Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4], Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧[Tang2 Yao2] and Yu Shun 虞舜[Yu2 Shun4]
- Dijun, Shang dynasty protector God, possibly same as legendary Emperor 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]
Trad. 帝嚳
- Di Ku or Emperor Ku, one of the Five Legendary Emperors 五帝[wu3 di4], great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4]
- Flame Emperors (c. 2000 BC), legendary dynasty descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
Trad. 漢獻帝
- Emperor Xian of Han (181-234), the final Han emperor, set up by Dong Zhuo 董卓, reigned 189-220, forced to abdicate 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕
Trad. 順治帝
- Fulin Emperor Shunzhi (1638-1662), second Qing emperor, reigned 1644-1662
Trad. 漢靈帝
- Emperor Ling of Han (156-189), reigned from 168 to 189
- several tombs of legendary Emperor Shun, one in Ningyuan county 寧遠縣|宁远县[Ning2 yuan3 xian4] in southwest Hunan, another Yuncheng prefecture 運城|运城[Yun4 cheng2] Shanxi
Trad. 唐殤帝
- Emperor Shang of Tang, reign name of fifth Tang emperor Li Chongmao 李重茂[Li3 Chong2 mao4] (c. 695-715), reigned 710
- Baidi town in Chongqing 重慶|重庆, north of the Changjiang, an important tourist attraction
- child emperor
- (fig.) spoiled child
- spoiled boy
- pampered only child
Trad. 晉惠帝
- Emperor Hui of Jin (259-307), personal name 司馬衷|司马衷[Si1 ma3 Zhong1], 2nd emperor of Jin Dynasty 晉朝|晋朝[Jin4 chao2], reigned 290-307
- reign name of second Ming emperor, reigned 1398-1402, deposed in 1402
- Wendi (541-604), posthumous name of the first Sui emperor, reigned 581-604
Trad. 隋煬帝
- Emperor Yang of Sui (569-618), said to have murdered his father and brother to seize the throne, reigned 604-618
- Emperor Wu of Song (363-422), personal name Liu Yu 劉裕|刘裕[Liu2 Yu4], founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 劉宋|刘宋[Liu2 Song4], broke away from Eastern Jin in 420, reigned 420-422
Trad. 漢元帝
- Yuan Emperor, reign name of Han Dynasty emperor Liu Shi 劉奭|刘奭[Liu2 Shi4], (74-33 BC), reigned 48-33 BC
- empress
- refers to Tang empress Wuzetian 武則天|武则天 (624-705), reigned 690-705
Trad. 漢宣帝
- Emperor Xuan (91-48 BC) of the Former Han Dynasty, reigned 74-48 BC
Trad. 漢文帝
- Emperor Wen of Han (202-157 BC), fourth Han emperor, personal name Liu Heng 劉恆|刘恒[Liu2 Heng2], reigned 180-157 BC
Trad. 漢明帝
- Emperor Ming of Han (28-75), Western Han Dynasty Emperor 58-75
- Fiery Emperor's tomb in Yanling county, Zhuzhou 株洲, Hunan
- Emperor Aidi of Tang, reign name of twenty-first and last Tang emperor Li Zhu 李祝[Li3 Zhu4] (892-908), reigned 904-907
Trad. 第三帝國
- Third Reich, Nazi regime (1933-1945)
Trad. 黃帝內經
- The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC
Trad. 奧匈帝國
- Austro-Hungarian Empire 1867–1918
- The Last Emperor, 1987 biopic of Pu Yi 溥儀|溥仪[Pu3 yi2] by Bernardo Bertolucci
- with all the majesty of an emperor (idiom)
- reckless
- intemperate
- three sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2] and five emperors 五帝[wu3 di4] of myth and legend
- the earliest system of Chinese historiography
Trad. 轉輪聖帝
- chakravarti raja (emperor in Hindu mythology)
Trad. 帝國大廈
- Empire State Building (New York City)
Trad. 大韓帝國
- Korean Empire, from fall of Joseon dynasty in 1897 to annexation by Japan in 1910
Trad. 先帝遺詔
- posthumous edict of a former emperor
- Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] edict to posterity
- Charlemagne (c. 747-c. 814), King of the Franks, Holy Roman Emperor from 800
- the three gods in charge of heaven, earth and water (Daoism)
Trad. 吃飯皇帝大
- eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)
Trad. 鄂圖曼帝國
- Ottoman Empire (Tw)
- the mausoleum of the First Emperor near Xi'an
Trad. 哈里發帝國
- Caliphate (Islamic empire formed after the death of the Prophet Muhammad 穆罕默德[Mu4 han3 mo4 de2] in 632)
Trad. 俄羅斯帝國
- Russian empire (1546-1917)
Trad. 奧斯曼帝國
- Ottoman Empire (1299–1922)
Trad. 天高皇帝遠
- lit. the sky is high and the emperor is far away (idiom)
- fig. remote places are beyond the reach of the central government
Trad. 東羅馬帝國
- Eastern Roman empire or Byzantium (395-1453)
Trad. 薩拉森帝國
- Saracen Empire (medieval European name for Arab empire)
- the Emperor's new clothes (i.e. naked)
Trad. 居魯士大帝
- Cyrus the Great (ca. 600-530 BC), the founder of the Persian Empire and the conqueror of Babylon
Trad. 漢文帝劉恆
- Liu Heng (202-157 BC), the fourth Han emperor Han Wendi, reigned 180-157 BC
Trad. 亞歷山大大帝
- Alexander the Great (356-323 BC)
Trad. 帝國理工學院
- Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London
Trad. 紐約帝國大廈
- Empire State Building
Trad. 東京帝國大學
- Tokyo Imperial University (renamed Tokyo University after 1945)
Trad. 神聖羅馬帝國
- the Holy Roman Empire (history)
Trad. 黃帝八十一難經
- The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Eighty-one Difficulties, medical text, c. 1st century AD
Trad. 皇帝不急太監急
- lit. the emperor is not worried, but his eunuchs are (idiom)
- fig. the observers are more anxious than the person involved
Trad. 皇帝女兒不愁嫁
- lit. the emperor's daughter does not worry about whether she will be able to marry (idiom)
- fig. highly sought after
Trad. 皇帝不急急死太監
- see 皇帝不急太監急|皇帝不急太监急[huang2 di4 bu4 ji2 tai4 jian4 ji2]