| 袁世凯 | yuan2 shi4 kai3 | Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and self-proclaimed emperor of China |
| 皇帝 | huang2 di4 | emperor |
| 康熙 | kang1 xi1 | Kangxi or K'ang Hsi, second Qing Emperor (1661-1722) |
| 行人 | xing2 ren2 | passer-by |
| 苏丹 | su1 dan1 | Sudan |
| 圣诞 | sheng4 dan4 | Christmas |
| 帝 | di4 | emperor |
| 曹操 | cao2 cao1 | the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義三国演义 |
| 圣人 | sheng4 ren2 | saint |
| 乾隆 | gan1 long1 qian2 long2 | Qianlong or Ch'ien-lung, emperor of the Qing dynasty, reigned sixty years (1735-1796) |
| 天子 | tian1 zi3 | the (rightful) emperor |
| 光绪 | guang1 xu4 | reign name of penultimate Qing emperor Guangxu or Guang-hsu (1875-1908) |
| 天王 | tian1 wang2 | god |