朕

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: dim6
POJ: tǐm
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

pronoun: I (self-reference used exclusively by an emperor), royal we
朕

The page lists several senses (literary noun 'omen', archaic first-person pronoun, and the imperial-exclusive 'I') under the same pronunciation without indicating which corresponds to the Teochew reading; the iconic imperial pronoun sense was chosen.

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