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Jyutping wong4 pik1
Pinyin huáng bì

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, archaic
    Son of Heaven; emperor
    (syn.) 人君, 大聖, 君上, 國家, 君王, 國君, 国君, 人主, 天子, 国家, 乘輿, 大圣, 乘舆, 元首, 君父, 皇帝, 帝王, 大駕, 官家, 大驾, 人王, 君主
  2. noun, archaic
    a posthumous name for husbands in Zhou rituals
    • 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".
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. 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".