女皇 (nǚ huáng) — empress (female emperor, regnant rather than consort)
Definition
A ruling female monarch — a woman who holds the imperial title herself. The everyday word for a king's wife is 皇后; 女皇 stresses she IS the emperor, not the emperor's consort.
noun
empress (female emperor, regnant rather than consort)
Measure word · 位
Examples
- ，女皇。Wǔ zé tiān shì zhōng guó lì shǐ shàng wéi yī de nǚ huáng dì, bèi chēng wéi nǚ huáng.Wu Zetian is the only female emperor in Chinese history, known as the Empress.
- 女皇。Tā zài xiǎo shuō lǐ bèi miáo xiě chéng yí wèi qiáng dà de nǚ huáng.She is depicted as a powerful empress in the novel.
- 女皇。Zhè wèi nǚ huáng tǒng zhì le guó jiā wǔ shí nián.This empress ruled the country for fifty years.
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