Huang Ti

[ hwahng-dee ]

noun
  1. the legendary first emperor of China.

  • Also called Yellow Emperor.
  • Also Pinyin, Huang Di .

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How to use Huang Ti in a sentence

  • The Chinese Emperor Huang Ti was called the Yellow Emperor because he clothed himself all in yellow to worship the sun.

  • Instead of selling any of her collection, she must hunt as she never before had hunted and find a Yellow Emperor.

    A Girl Of The Limberlost | Gene Stratton Porter
  • The story is of the greatest of Chinese rulers, the "Yellow Emperor" of some forty-seven centuries ago.

  • And there is a story of how the Yellow Emperor, seeking immortality, came to one of them.

    A Wayfarer in China | Elizabeth Kendall
  • Then darkness closed in completely, but Burl still stared where the yellow emperor had landed.

    The Forgotten Planet | Murray Leinster
  • In despair the Yellow Emperor sought far and wide for the repairer of the Heavens.

    The Book of Tea | Kakuzo Okakura