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皇后 huáng hòu empress / imperial consort
娘娘 niáng niang queen / empress / imperial concubine / Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 / or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West / mother / aunt
女皇 nu:3 huáng empress
女皇帝 Nu:3 huáng dì empress / refers to Tang empress Wuzetian 武則天|武则天 / (624-705), reigned 690-705
帝后 dì hòu empress / imperial consort
正宫娘娘 zhèng gōng niáng niáng empress
狄奥多拉皇后 dí ào duō lā huáng hòu Empress
窦皇后 dòu huáng hòu Empress
郭圣通 guō shèng tōng Empress
胡太后 hú tài hòu Empress
继皇后 jì huáng hòu Empress
隆裕太后 lóng yù tài hòu Empress
闵妃 mǐn fēi Empress
尉迟炽繁 wèi chí chì fán Empress
萧皇后 xiāo huáng hòu Empress
孝仪纯皇后 xiào yí chún huáng hòu Empress
伊琳娜女皇 yī lín nuó nu:3 huáng Empress
元乐尚 yuán lè shàng Empress
张皇后 zhāng huáng hòu Empress
长孙皇后 zhǎng sūn huáng hòu Empress
天后 Tiān hòu Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu 媽祖|妈祖[Ma1 zu3] / Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name)
太后 tài hòu Empress Dowager
慈禧 Cí Xǐ Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (reigned 1861-1908)
武则天 Wǔ Zé tiān Wu Zetian (624-705), Tang empress, reigned 690-705
宫主 gōng zhǔ imperial empress / milady
皇太后 huáng tài hòu empress dowager
慈禧太后 Cí xǐ tài hòu Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908
佛爷 Fó ye Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]) / His Holiness (refers to a Buddhist grandee) / Buddha / God / emperor / in late Qing court, refers exclusively to Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4]
安德海 An1 Dé hǎi An Dehai (-1869), the Qing equivalent of Rasputin, all-powerful court eunuch with the dowager empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4], executed in 1869 by her rival Empress Mother Empress Dowager Ci'an 慈安皇太后
叶卡捷琳娜 Yè kǎ jié lín nà Yekaterina or Ekaterina (name) / Catherine the Great or Catherine the Second (1684-1727), Empress of Russia
老佛爷 Lǎo fó yé title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father / nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4]
美智子 Měi zhì zǐ Michiko, Japanese female given name / Empress Michiko of Japan (1934-)
嫄 yuán name of an empress
董卓 Dǒng Zhuó Dong Zhuo (-192), top general of late Han, usurped power in 189, murdered empress dowager and child emperor, killed in 192 by Lü / Bu 呂布|吕布
乾陵 Qián líng Qianling at Xianyang 咸陽市|咸阳市 / in Shaanxi, burial site of third Tang emperor 高宗 / and empress Wuzetian 武則天|武则天
册立 cè lì to confer a title on (an empress or a prince)
哀家 āi jiā I, me (self-referring by a widowed empress etc, used in historical novels and operas)
张易之 Zhāng yì zhī Zhang Yizhi (-705), Tang dynasty politician and favorite of Empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天[Wu3 Ze2 tian1]
戊戌政变 Wù xū Zhèng biàn coup by Dowager Empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] ending the 1898 attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
曌 Zhào name invented for herself by Tang empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天[Wu3 Ze2 tian1]
梓童 zǐ tóng appellation of the empress by the emperor
武士彟 Wǔ Shì huò Wu Shihuo (7th century), father of Tang empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天
临朝 lín cháo to hold a court audience / to govern from the imperial throne (applies esp. to Empress Dowager or Regent)
孝圣宪 Xiào shèng xiàn Empress Xiaoshengxian (1693-1777), consort of Emperor Yongzheng 雍正[Yong1 zheng4] and mother of Emperor Qianlong 乾隆[Qian2 long2]
六宫 liù gōng empress and imperial concubines or their residence
慈安太后 Cí ān tài hòu Empress Dowager Ci'an (1837-1881) of Qing
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