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A respectful alias used in Chinese or sometimes more broadly East Asian contexts to refer to a dead person, particularly royalty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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, and "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
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
謚號 /谥号
(shìhào)
— respectful name used for a dead person in Chinese or East Asian contexts
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Chinese Mandarin:
諡號 /谥号
(shìhào)
— respectful name used for a dead person in Chinese or East Asian contexts
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Chinese Mandarin:
謚 /谥
— respectful name used for a dead person in Chinese or East Asian contexts
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Chinese Mandarin:
諡 /谥
— respectful name used for a dead person in Chinese or East Asian contexts
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Finnish:
kuolemanjälkeinen nimi
— respectful name used for a dead person in Chinese or East Asian contexts
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Finnish:
postuumi nimi
— respectful name used for a dead person in Chinese or East Asian contexts
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French:
nom posthume
— respectful name used for a dead person in Chinese or East Asian contexts
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Japanese:
諡号
(shigō)
— respectful name used for a dead person in Chinese or East Asian contexts
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Japanese:
諡
(okurina)
— respectful name used for a dead person in Chinese or East Asian contexts
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Korean:
시호
(siho)
— respectful name used for a dead person in Chinese or East Asian contexts
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Russian:
посмертный титул
(posmertnyj titul)
— respectful name used for a dead person in Chinese or East Asian contexts
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Spanish:
nombre póstumo
— respectful name used for a dead person in Chinese or East Asian contexts
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Vietnamese:
thụy hiệu
— respectful name used for a dead person in Chinese or East Asian contexts
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Vietnamese:
hiệu bụt
— respectful name used for a dead person in Chinese or East Asian contexts
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Vietnamese:
tên hèm
— respectful name used for a dead person in Chinese or East Asian contexts
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Vietnamese:
tên cúng cơm
— respectful name used for a dead person in Chinese or East Asian contexts
