三皇五帝
sān​huáng​wǔ​dì

Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors

三皇五帝 sān​huáng​wǔ​dì
Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors
The legendary and mythological rulers of ancient China from the earliest period of Chinese historiography. The 三皇 sān​huáng typically refer to Suiren, Fuxi, and Shennong; the 五帝 wǔ​dì typically refer to the Yellow Emperor, Zhuanxu, Emperor Ku, Emperor Yao, and Emperor Shun.

Frequency
Written text
0.140 per million

Cross-References

See

Sources
Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)