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皇太后
huáng tàihòu
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English Definitionempress dowager
Simplified Script皇太后
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyinhuáng tàihòu
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄊㄞˋ ㄏㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping)wong4 taai3hau6
Word Decomposition
皇huángemperor; old variant of 惶; (Chinese surname)
太后tàihòuEmpress Dowager

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Words With Same Head Word    
皇帝huángdìemperor
皇上huángshangthe emperor; Your majesty the emperor; His imperial majesty
皇家huángjiāroyal; imperial household
皇后huánghòuempress; imperial consort
皇冠huángguāncrown (headgear)
Words With Same Tail Word    
王太后wáng tàihòuQueen Dowager (in Europe); widowed queen; Queen mother
胡太后hú tàihòuEmpress Dowager Hu
慈禧太后cíxǐ tàihòuEmpress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908
隆裕太后lóng yù tàihòuEmpress Dowager Longyu
慈安太后cí ān tàihòuEmpress Dowager Ci'an (1837-1881) of Qing
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