Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
The regnal year, reign period, or regnal title used when traditionally numbering years in an emperor's reign and naming certain Sinospheric rulers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The posthumous names of early Chinese rulers were often variations of a few words like "the martial one" 武 (wǔ), "the literary one" 文, "the filial one" 孝 (xiào), but by the Tang they had become so long that people began using rulers' temple names or era names instead.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
-
Chinese Mandarin:
年號 /年号
(niánhào)
— period
-
Finnish:
aikakausinimi
— period
-
Japanese:
元号
(gengō)
— period
-
Japanese:
年号
(nengō)
— period
-
Korean:
연호
(yeonho)
— period
-
Manchu:
ᠠᠨᡳᠶᠠᡳ ᠴᠣᠯᠣ
(aniyai colo)
— period
-
Mongolian:
оны цол
(ony col)
— period
-
Mongolian:
ᠣᠨ ᠤ ᠴᠣᠯᠠ
(on-u čola)
— period
-
Vietnamese:
niên hiệu
— period
