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太后

太后

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	empress; queen; surname
simp. and trad. (太后)		太	后

Noun

太后

empress dowager

Synonyms

皇太后 (huángtàihòu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
太	后
たい Grade: 2	こう Grade: 6
on'yomi

Noun

太后 ‎(hiragana たいこう, romaji taikō)

empress dowager

Synonyms

皇太后 ‎(kōtaigō)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tàihòu

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄏㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ hau⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-heu
Min Nan (POJ): thài-hiǒ / thài-hō͘ / thài-hiō

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: tàihòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄏㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tayhow
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: taai³ hau⁶
  - Yale: taai hauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ hau⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɑːi̯³³ hɐu̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-heu
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai heu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ heu⁴
  - IPA: /tʰa̯i⁵⁵ he̯u⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-hiǒ
  - Tâi-lô: thài-hiǒ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰaɪ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hiɤ²²/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-hō͘
  - Tâi-lô: thài-hōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tae'ho
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰaɪ¹¹⁻⁵³ hɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰaɪ²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰaɪ²¹⁻⁵³ hɔ²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰaɪ²¹⁻⁵³ hɔ²²/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-hiō
  - Tâi-lô: thài-hiō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tae'hioi
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰaɪ¹¹⁻⁵³ hio³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰaɪ²¹⁻⁴¹ hiɤ³³/