Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- shùn
- Shùn
English
- legendary ruler, last of the Five Emperors
- Shun (c. 23rd century BC), mythical sage and leader
- one of the "five emperors" in the ancient Chinese historical legends
粵語
- 即虞舜。上古中國五帝之一
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Words containing 舜
- 虞舜jyu4 seon3
Yu Shun, one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝[wu3 di4]
- 堯舜jiu4 seon3
Yao and Shun, ancestors of Chinese
- 李舜臣lei5 seon3 san4
Yi Sunshin (1545-1598), Korean admiral and folk hero, famous for sea victories over the Japanese invaders
- 舜帝陵seon3 dai3 ling4
several tombs of legendary Emperor Shun, one in Ningyuan county 寧遠縣|宁远县[Ning2 yuan3 xian4] in southwest Hunan, another Yuncheng prefecture 運城|运城[Yun4 cheng2] Shanxi
- 舜日堯天seon3 jat6 jiu4 tin1
sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom); all for the best in the best of all possible worlds
- 舜日堯年seon3 jat6 jiu4 nin4
sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom); all for the best in the best of all possible worlds