hoàng đế

See also: Hoàng Đế

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • hoàng-đế, huỳnh đế, huỳnh-đế

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 皇帝, composed of (sovereign) and (emperor), the titles of Chinese creator gods, from Middle Chinese 皇帝 (hwang tejH).

    The form huỳnh đế with the Southern reading of the first character is obsolete aside from the compound cua huỳnh đế (Ranina ranina).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    hoàng đế

    1. an emperor

    See also