皇考 [－－]

Jyutping wong4 haau2
Pinyin huáng kǎo

Definitions (Wiktionary)

noun, archaic
one's deceased paternal great-grandfather or father
- 祭王父曰皇祖考，王母曰皇祖妣。父曰皇考，母曰皇妣。夫曰皇辟。生曰父、曰母、曰妻，死曰考、曰妣、曰嬪。
  祭王父曰皇祖考，王母曰皇祖妣。父曰皇考，母曰皇妣。夫曰皇辟。生曰父、曰母、曰妻，死曰考、曰妣、曰嫔。
  jì wáng fù yuē huáng zǔ kǎo ， wáng mǔ yuē huáng zǔ bǐ ． fù yuē huáng kǎo ， mǔ yuē huáng bǐ ． fū yuē huáng pì ． shēng yuē fù ， yuē mǔ ， yuē qī ， sǐ yuē kǎo ， yuē bǐ ， yuē pín ．
  In sacrificing to them, a grandfather is called "the sovereign grandfather"; a grandmother, "the sovereign grandmother"; a father, "the sovereign father"; a mother, "the sovereign mother"; a husband, "the sovereign pattern". While alive, the names of father, mother, and wife are used; when they are dead, those of "the completed one", "the corresponding one", and "the honored one".
noun, archaic
ancestors; forebears; forefathers; progenitor
(syn.) 先人, 公婆, 老祖宗, 先祖, 公媽, 上辈, 先古, 公妈, 上辈子, 早匀, 父祖, 早勻, 先君, 上輩子, 老輩, 老辈, 祖上, 先辈, 祖先, 先代, 上輩, 祖宗, 先輩

Examples (Wiktionary)

Mandarin
祭王父曰皇祖考，王母曰皇祖妣。父曰皇考，母曰皇妣。夫曰皇辟。生曰父、曰母、曰妻，死曰考、曰妣、曰嫔。
祭王父曰皇祖考，王母曰皇祖妣。父曰皇考，母曰皇妣。夫曰皇辟。生曰父、曰母、曰妻，死曰考、曰妣、曰嬪。
jì wáng fù yuē huáng zǔ kǎo ， wáng mǔ yuē huáng zǔ bǐ ． fù yuē huáng kǎo ， mǔ yuē huáng bǐ ． fū yuē huáng pì ． shēng yuē fù ， yuē mǔ ， yuē qī ， sǐ yuē kǎo ， yuē bǐ ， yuē pín ．
- In sacrificing to them, a grandfather is called "the sovereign grandfather"; a grandmother, "the sovereign grandmother"; a father, "the sovereign father"; a mother, "the sovereign mother"; a husband, "the sovereign pattern". While alive, the names of father, mother, and wife are used; when they are dead, those of "the completed one", "the corresponding one", and "the honored one".